History - Crime and Punishment - Early Modern - Witchcraft
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- Created on: 30-12-20 23:15
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1500 - 1700:
Witchcraft:
Village tensions
- Acuusations were a sign of tension between the rich and poor
- During hardship the poor asked for more help, making the rich feel threatened
- Poor elderly women were now regared differently (not cared for) as people believed they could kill or harm others through evil magic
- Old women were blamed if something went wrong after an encounter with someone else e.g. if their child then fell ill or there were bad harvests
Changes to the law
- Cases of witchcraft had been a thing since the Middle Ages but dealt with by the lenient Church courts
- The religious changes in 1542 changed the law and witchcraft became a criminal…
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