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John Gaule's position

Minister of Great Staughton

Significance of Gaule's Great Staughton location

Between St Neots & Kimbolton, heart of witch-hunting activity

Gaule's 1646 publication title

Select Cases of Conscience touching Witches and Witchcrafts

Gaule's 1st argument in publication

Witches exist but criticised Hopkins/Stearne's methods

Gaule's 2nd argument in publication

Pleaded for common sense & restraint in accusations

Gaule's 3rd argument in publication

Craze was idolatrous, praising witchfinders over God

Method Gaule criticised in detail

Watching - suspect on stool/table 24hrs without food/sleep

Who should evaluate witchcraft evidence (Gaule's sermon)

Only magistrates, not private witchfinders

Norfolk assizes challenged Hopkins

1647

When persecutions ended

Shortly after Hopkins' death, August 1647

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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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