Reginald Scot's The Discovery of Witchcraft, 1584 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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Author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584)

Reginald Scot

Publication year of The Discoverie of Witchcraft

1584

Dutch physician who influenced Scot's thinking

Johann Weyer

Medical term Scot used to explain supposed witches' beliefs

Melancholia (depression/sorrowfulness)

Radical Protestant sect that Scot belonged to

Family of Love

Family of Love's core belief about daily events

Nature, not God, controlled daily events on Earth

King James VI's action against Scot's book

Ordered all copies to be burnt

James VI's book refuting Scot, published 1597

Daemonologie

Medieval text that denied witchcraft was real

Canon Episcopi

How Scot said witches harmed people (not supernatural)

Natural means, such as poison

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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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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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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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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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