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Why was James VI important in Scottish witch-hunts?
He wrote a treatise 'Daemonologie' and interrogated the North Berwick witches.
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What were 3 forms of Scotland witchcraft persecution?
Central criminal court/ the court of justiciary presided over by royal judges. A circuit court presided over a central judge. A commission of `justiciary, a warrant from parliament or the Privy Council allowing local elites to prosecute witches.
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What were the rates of conviction in commission of justiciary cases?
95%
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What were the rates of conviction in central courts.
57% and then in the late seventeenth century this dropped to 45%.
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Why does England have more centralised control?
Use of semi-annual assizes that can supervise prosecutions from local judges etc.
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What were the differences between Scottish and English courts?
In England, a witch was not given a defence counsel something which she had in a Scottish centralised courts.
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How did France's 'parlement' respond to the local witch-panic in Champagnes Ardennes
They proposed an obligatory judicial review that was proposed in 1588 and enacted in 1604, then re-enacted in 1624. They also tried to restrict the use of torture and placed more rules against its use.
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What was the effect of judicial centralisation in France?
Higher courts could supervise and manage local judges and could bring criminal charges against them if they used abusive procedures in trying witches.
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What was the central imperial court called?
Reichskammergericht
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How many small political unit did the Holy Roman Empire comprise?
350.
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Why was centralisation in the Holy Roman Empire problematic?
No jurisdictional weapons to use, no circuit judges etc. Weak imperial power and the 'imperial code' of 1532 was only followed by some states which shows the lack of power.
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