https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes Made with whimsy en-us 2016-11-15 08:31:13 UTC 2025-12-14 20:49:24 UTC hello@padlet.com mburgess1100 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137635589 Contributed]]> 2016-11-15 08:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137635589 mburgess1100 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137716013 Helped Prevent]]> 2016-11-15 14:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137716013 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137744260 Started a decline In Europe's population 
which then continued in a steady rate, resulting in a weakened economy and social structure]]> 2016-11-15 14:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137744260 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137744734 During the start of the witch-craze, many argued that as witchcraft was an exceptional crime, it merited the relaxation of restrictions on the use of torture. The justice system moved from being accusitorial to inquisitorial, where torture was used to elicit confessions out of subjects. Langbean argues that it caused the upsurge in witch-hunting, as people who had confessed implicated others under torture, leading to some hunts spiral out of control.]]> 2016-11-15 14:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137744734 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137745267 Most people needed almost every harvest to go well in order to survive. This reduced social security, resulting in increased suspicion of black magic

]]> 2016-11-15 14:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137745267 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137746140 The majority of Europe already believed in some form of magic, which evolved into the witch craze.

]]> 2016-11-15 14:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137746140 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137746567 Between 1560 and 1660 the European population grew significantly. Subsequently, towns and cities became densely populated, allowing idea's to spread quickly without the communication limitations of rural living. ]]> 2016-11-15 15:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137746567 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137746933 The reformation and subsequent counter-reformation led to religious division within Europe. Because of this, both parts of the Church wanted to appear the most heavily condemning of witchcraft, therefore treating witchcraft accusations more harshly]]> 2016-11-15 15:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137746933 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137748692 As soon as people higher up the class system that the peasantry were being accused of witchcraft, trials and executions seemed to dip in numbers because people became sceptical of how honest the accusations were once rich or ordained people became involved.]]> 2016-11-15 15:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137748692 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137751581 As science became more universally accepted, questions were increasingly asked about witchcraft. This meant that less people supported the ways in which the state attempted to stop it, becoming more cynical.

]]> 2016-11-15 15:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137751581 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137752455 As the idea of absolutist governments grew, with a sole Monarch exercising all executive authority, the rate of witch-trials reduced, as the central state, who tended to be more skeptical of diabolical witchcraft, took more control of the justice system.]]> 2016-11-15 15:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137752455 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137753527 Once the Witch-Hunts had become an international phenomenon, the effects of mass death started to appear internationally. ]]> 2016-11-15 15:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137753527 https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137755203 perceptions of the devil ]]> 2016-11-15 15:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mburgess1100/Causes/wish/137755203