Judicial Procedures (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Historians' agreement on 1591-97 witch trial system
Historians' agreement on 1591-97 witch trial system
Made trials easy to arrange & convictions highly likely
Oct 1591 commission's torture authority
Oct 1591 commission's torture authority
Could torture suspects at will (no case-by-case approval)
Recipients of mid-1592 commissions
Recipients of mid-1592 commissions
Nobles and magistrates throughout Scotland
1596 change to commission requests
1596 change to commission requests
Submitted to Privy Council, not directly to king
Alison Balfour's alleged crime (1595)
Alison Balfour's alleged crime (1595)
Hired to poison Patrick Stewart's brother (maleficium)
Key illegality in Balfour's torture
Key illegality in Balfour's torture
Done for 2 days without a warrant from the king
Age of Balfour's tortured daughter
Age of Balfour's tortured daughter
Seven years old (tortured with thumbscrews)
Balfour's fate after recanting confession
Balfour's fate after recanting confession
Executed anyway despite withdrawing confession
Key reason witch trials were easy to arrange
Key reason witch trials were easy to arrange
Decentralised authority to local nobles & magistrates
Key factor making convictions likely
Key factor making convictions likely
Use of torture to compel confessions, even if innocent