Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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Years of East Anglian witch-hunt

1645-47

3 economic factors fueling witch-hunt

Crop failures, enclosure, Civil War inflation

Years of catastrophic farming conditions

1645-46

Ergot

Fungal disease affecting wheat & rye

Effects of ergotism

Headaches, vomiting, spasms, hallucinations

Wheat price increase 1646 (%)

20 percent

Year weekly assessment tax introduced

1643

Weekly assessment vs Ship Money (Eastern Association)

12 times higher

Acres Sir Miles Sandys enclosed at Sutton

4,000 acres

Puritan interpretation of economic disasters

Punishment from God

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