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Witch trials were most frequent in England in the first half of the 17th century. They reached their most intense phase during the English Civil War of the 1640s and the Puritan era of the 1650s. This was a period of intense witch hunts, known for witch hunters such as Matthew Hopkins.
Midwife, garrotted and burned to death during the North Berwick witch trials. Marigje Arriens: c. 1520–1591 Dutch Republic: Burned to death for sorcery. Witches of Warboys: d. 1593 England: Alice Samuel and her family; hanged. Allison Balfour: d. 1594 Scotland: Executed in Kirkwall: Gwen ferch Ellis: c.1542 – 1594 Wales
In the Gesta Regum, an account written by William of Malmsbury, a reference was made to a witch living in Berkeley. Discussing the death of Pope Gregory VI, which occurred in 1046, he digressed to discuss the death of a witch that occurred at about the same time. According to William's account, she was "well-versed in witchcraft, who was not ...
Witch trials and witch related accusations were at a high during the early modern period in Britain, a time that spanned from the beginning of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century. Prior to the 16th century, Witchcraft -- i.e. any magical or supernatural practices made by mankind -- was often seen as a healing art, performed by ...
Bideford witch trial: Trial of the last three people known to have been executed in England for alleged witchcraft, in 1682. Janet Horne: The last person to be legally executed for witchcraft in the British Isles, in 1727. Helen Duncan: The last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735, in April 1944.
The use of torture has been identified as a key factor in converting the trial of one accused witch into a wider social panic, as those being tortured were more likely to accuse a wide array of other local individuals of also being witches. [76] Burning of three witches in Baden, Switzerland (1585), by Johann Jakob Wick The burning of a French ...
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A witch hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or incantations was proscribed and punishable in early human civilizations in the Middle East. In medieval Europe, witch-hunts often arose in connection to charges of heresy from Christianity.