Popular culture (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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Church attendance law in Elizabethan England
Church attendance law in Elizabethan England
By law, compulsory to attend once a week
Printing press role in witchcraft beliefs
Printing press role in witchcraft beliefs
Distributed info on religious & supernatural themes
Why witches blamed in Elizabethan times
Why witches blamed in Elizabethan times
Unexplainable events: plague, disease, bad harvests, fires
Year Elizabethan Witchcraft Act passed
Year Elizabethan Witchcraft Act passed
1563
First witch trial in England - location & year
First witch trial in England - location & year
Chelmsford, Essex, 1566
Peak period of witch trials
Peak period of witch trials
1580s
% of witchcraft accused who were women
% of witchcraft accused who were women
90%
Cunning folk (white witches) - activities
Cunning folk (white witches) - activities
Cure disease, charms, foretell future, love spells, find items
Black witches - activities
Black witches - activities
Hexing, invoke demons, cause harm, devil worship, familiars
Familiars - definition
Familiars - definition
Animals witches turned into to spy & move around unseen
Witches hanged in Essex 1570-1609
Witches hanged in Essex 1570-1609
53
First woman executed for witchcraft in England
First woman executed for witchcraft in England
Agnes Waterhouse, 1566
Execution method for witches in England
Execution method for witches in England
Hanging (vs burning in other European countries)
Profile of women typically accused of witchcraft
Profile of women typically accused of witchcraft
Poor, old, unprotected, single or widowed
Puritan belief about witches
Puritan belief about witches
Devil harmed people through witches