https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5 By: Megan Thomas en-us 2018-07-25 03:09:35 UTC 2026-02-13 01:17:01 UTC hello@padlet.com meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271056287 It was reported that around 3000-5000 women were held accountable for being supposed witches in the 16th and 17th century. Eighty-Five percent of witches were women. ]]> 2018-07-25 03:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271056287 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271058157 Authorities could only prosecute those who pretended to practice witchcraft after 1763, the maximum penalty for this being a year in jail. ]]> 2018-07-25 04:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271058157 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271058620 Between the years of 1563 and 1700, witchcraft was considered a criminal offence and was punishable by death. About two thirds of all witches held accountable were executed. ]]> 2018-07-25 04:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271058620 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271059323 A majority of the people who practiced witchcraft were older than middle-age.]]> 2018-07-25 04:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271059323 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271059432 Sometimes torture was used to receive information about witchcraft from the accused, usually by depriving the victim of sleep until they hallucinate.]]> 2018-07-25 04:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271059432 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064428 Often, witches were strangled and then their bodies were burned. Very rarely would a witch get burned alive, but it happened. Also, hanging was a common technique. ]]> 2018-07-25 05:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064428 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064509 Thirty-Two percent of accused witches were from the Lothians. ]]> 2018-07-25 05:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064509 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064635 Seventy-Eight percent of women were married.]]> 2018-07-25 05:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064635 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064766 Scotland is known for having been Europe's greatest prosecutor of witches]]> 2018-07-25 05:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064766 meganthomas007 https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064818 The last official hanging happened in 1728.]]> 2018-07-25 05:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/meganthomas007/hljadkfxbgq5/wish/271064818