Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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Two main types of witchcraft by 1580

Maleficium and diabolical pact

Maleficium meaning

Harmful magic/evil deed causing damage via supernatural powers

How maleficium caused harm

Through witch's gaze or curses

Diabolical pact definition

Formal covenant/agreement between witch and Devil

Malleus Maleficarum: date & meaning

1486, 'Hammer of Witches'

What were familiars?

Supernatural creatures assisting witches as Devil's agents

Animal forms familiars took

Dogs, cats, toads, mice, flies, wasps, hares, rats

Devil's mark

Physical sign on body where familiars fed on witch's blood

First Witchcraft Act: date & focus

1542, focused only on maleficium (harmful acts)

Third Witchcraft Act: date & key change

1604, criminalized consulting/feeding evil spirits (Devil's pact)

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Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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