Depth Study: Hopkins

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When were the Hopkins' witch-hunts?
1645-1647
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How many were arrested and then executed for witchcraft?
Around 500
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Which war had led to a collapse of central authority?
The Civil War
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Who was Hopkins' partner?
John Stearne
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The Civil War had caused economic stagnation. This had a number of factors on the population, including;
Rising levels of poverty, which further led to an instability in East Anglia and a more frightened society, meaning accusations were quick to appear and people were more willing to denounce others in their community.
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Local administration was more concerned with what, instead of dealing with witchcraft cases?
The war effort.
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What percentage of people accused in Essex were women?
90%
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There are five factors to the witch stereotype. Name them.
1. Poor, 2. Old, 3.Live alone, 4.Fringes of society, 5.Dependent (on family or wider community).
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Two things are said to have motivated Hopkins' and Stearne's work. What were they?
Financial motivation and/or religious convictions.
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How many were tried as witches between 1645 and 1647?
At least 250
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How many were executed between 1645 and 1647?
More than 100
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What percentage of the population had been killed by the Civil War?
3.7%
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What percentage of people were killed in Hopkins' two years of hunting, from the 1560s to the 1630s?
20%
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There are many reasons as to why witch-hunting ended in England. Name some.
1. Cost, 2. Fees of Hopkins and Stearne, 3.Restoration of traditional authority, 4. Return of Royalist gentry and clergy, who challenged Puritan-dominated pursuit of witches, 5. End of the Civil War, 6. The death of Hopkins
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Name the five methods Hopkins and Stearne used to obtain confessions
1. Isolation in small cells, 2. Sleep deprivation, 3. Cutting them to see if they would bleed, 4. Association with an animal (e.g. a familiar), 5. Inability to recite the Lord's Prayer.
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