4.1 by https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a Made with good vibes en-us 2017-07-29 01:48:10 UTC 2025-10-07 00:40:45 UTC hello@padlet.com How it started chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716214 - religious division in 16th century
- those who were catholic believed it was the work of an antichrist
-those who were protestant believed the work it was work from the catholics and meant the devil was coming
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 21:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716214 Concerns and Creation of laws chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716322 - growing concerns about works of magic and the devil caused Henry VIII to created the first law regarding the issue
- then Elizabeth I came in and made it more strict
- James adjusted the laws to make it even more strict after Elizabeth I
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 21:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716322 Who was accused chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716564 - everyone was accused of being a witch, but most in particular were elderly women whom made up 80% of those who were accused
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 21:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716564 Who accused chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716703 - people would start witch hunts by themselves to gather evidence trails and calling themselves witchfinder generals
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 21:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716703 Rate of trials and deaths chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716787 - out of every 300 trials, 100 would die
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 21:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179716787 Methods to force Confession chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179718246 - various methods of torture were used on these people who were accused to try and get them to admit to something or confess anything they knew
- some of these methods were sleep deprivation (forcing one to walk constantly without rest), screwing thumbs and crushing legs
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 22:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179718246 Public torture chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179719709 - a more public torture method, or "trial", was swimming, where they would tie their toes and thumbs together and toss them in a nearby body of water. If they sink, they're innocent. If they float, they're a witch, guilty
reasoning was, if you're "rejected" by the water, you're seen to have the devil in you, like the opposite of being baptized
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 22:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179719709 Percent of trials and death chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179719932 - only 2500 were tried at the time and 67% were executed
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 22:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179719932 Witchcraft dies down chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179721265 - as people became more skeptical of these trials and the costs to perform them went up, the accusation rates significantly decreased
-witchcraft was eventually decriminalized but people would still be accused of it centuries of years later
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 23:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179721265 Common Torture chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179721868 - witch pricking was also common, where they would prick the person's skin until they find an area that doesn't bleed
(HistroyExtra)]]> 2017-07-30 23:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179721868 Work Cited chan0420 https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179723168 "The war on witches." History Extra. BBC History Magazine, 21 Oct. 2010. Web. 30 July 2017.]]> 2017-07-30 23:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/chan0420/6fbgodsa1n2a/wish/179723168