https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j Historical background of Macbeth en-us 2016-07-26 18:12:27 UTC 2017-05-17 02:44:55 UTC hello@padlet.com aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117016042 Scotland's witch trails were during the 16th and 17th centuries. They lasted for about 200 years, during which brutal prosecutions for witchcraft occurred. There was such a climate of fear about magic, a law was put in place in 1563, called the Witchcraft Act. King James VI of Scotland was lenient about witchcraft initially bit after is unsafe travels by boat was blamed on witchcraft, his opinion changed.  ]]> 2016-07-26 18:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117016042 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117016554 The first mass which trial occurred in North Berwick, Scotland in the late 16th century. 70 people were accused of witchcraft, although it is unknown how many were executed.  Most or all of the accused of witchcraft were tortured into confessing to meeting with the devil and/or selling their soul to him. ]]> 2016-07-26 18:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117016554 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117018731 Some individuals were accused of being witches for things as simple as keeping a cat, as they were seen to be demons at this time. Having a "witch's mark", also known as a "Devil's mark", was also seen as sufficient proof. These could be moles, skin tags, scars, birthmarks,insensitive areas of skin, or natural blemishes. ]]> 2016-07-26 19:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117018731 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117019029 A common method of determining whether someone was a witch or not was immersing them in water. They were be tied by their hands and feet and plunged into the water. If they were to sink, which would result in them drowning, they would be deemed innocent. on the other hand, if they were to float, meaning the water "rejected them" they would be deemed guilty. They had to be rejected by the water as a servant of the devil as a type of "reverse baptism".]]> 2016-07-26 19:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117019029 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117019652 Extensive torture and executions involved hanging, drowning, burning at the stake, inserting needles into fingernails, strangling, use of "witch bridals", thumb screws, whipping stocks with iron spikes, leg vices, scalding lime baths,racks, prayer stools with sharp pegs, the stappado (horses pulling limbs from their sockets), as well as many other gruesome torture methods.]]> 2016-07-26 19:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117019652 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117020367 Isobel was different from many other Scottish witches as she confessed to her crimes readily. She confesses to meeting with the devil, sexual encounters with him, using magic to steal milk from a cow,  attempting the destruction of Laird of Park's children using witchcraft, various charms, and many other forbidden activities. it is unknown what mental state she was in but she had pride in the activities she'd described. It is also unknown of her fate but it is assumed that Isobel and the other witched she identified were executed.]]> 2016-07-26 20:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117020367 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117020994 6 people who practiced witchcraft and associated with the devil, were tried and executed in Bo'ness Scotland as one of the last major trails Scotland. 5 women and 1 man were strangled and burned at the stake in 1679 after they were said to have been in company with the devil. some of the women allegedly had sex with him. they were also charged with conspiring to bring harm to Andrew Mitchell, although there is no record of what became of him.  ]]> 2016-07-26 20:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117020994 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117021211 It is said that more than 3800 suspected witches were executed in Scotland during the witch trials. Women bore the brunt of the accusations, although some men were accused as well. ]]> 2016-07-26 20:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117021211 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117021297 Agnes, one of the accused was tortured for a confession. she had a "witch bridle" put on her. This is an four-pronged iron fork inserted into one's mouth, piercing cheek and tongue. Agnes exposed her coven of 200 witches. They were responsible for the spell that summoned a storm to hit the king's ship. Agnes was strangled and burned at the stake. ]]> 2016-07-26 20:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117021297 aver2500 https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117021571 Helen was born in Scotland in 1897. At a young age she showed a "gift" with witchcraft. In 1931 she was said to be a fraud by the Morning Post and the London Psychic Laboratory, which has assessed her. January of 1944 he house was raided and she and 3 other people were arrested. First she was charged under the Vagrancy Act, which is relating to fortune telling, astrology, and spiritualism and the Larceny Act for wrongly taking money. She was later charged under the Witchcraft Act, set in place by King James VI. ]]> 2016-07-26 20:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aver2500/os49xk4d7a9j/wish/117021571