Witchcraft in Scotland by Tiffany Nguyen

Witchcraft in Scotland by Tiffany Nguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w By: Tiffany Nguyen en-us 2018-07-25 00:45:45 UTC 2025-11-19 04:13:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Sites Used ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271034780

]]> 2018-07-25 00:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271034780 Excecutions ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271043544 Between 1482 and 1782, there were approximately 100,000 citizens across Europe that were accused of witchcraft, around 40,000-50,000 of those people were executed.]]> 2018-07-25 02:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271043544 Witches ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271043695 Although many people believed about the supernatural and spell casting, many people believed that witchcraft was practiced by those who believed in the devil, selling their souls to the devil and having sabbaths. This lead to the witch hunt from 1500 and 1700.]]> 2018-07-25 02:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271043695 New Law ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044029 It was in 1563 when witchcraft was declared illegal. In areas where the government was strict, they would hire people called "witch prickers" because they would go around and prick people that were accused of witchcraft. If they did not bleed, they were convicted of being a witch.]]> 2018-07-25 02:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044029 No More ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044247 By the 1660s, witch hunting decreased and the employed witch prickers were exposed as frauds, this was because society seemed to make the citizens view the world in a more rational way.]]> 2018-07-25 02:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044247 Devil's Mark ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044518 Those that were accused were tortured until they confessed that they practice witchcraft, if they were "witches" they would have the Devil's mark on their neck.]]> 2018-07-25 02:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044518 Isobel Goudie ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044692 The Isobel Goudie case was when an accused witch named Isobel Goudie was marked as not uncomfortable about confessing and confessed of many cases that she had met the Devil, including sexual encounters. Goudie confessed many things such as "changing straws into horses, meeting with the Queen of the Fairies, stealing milk from cattle using magic, and, worst of all, the attempted destruction of the Laird of Park's children through witchcraft.]]> 2018-07-25 02:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271044692 Hunting ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271045309 Witch Hunting would happen in waves, this meant that some years there would be a max of 5 to 10 cases, but then the citizens would panic and there would be 200 to 300 cases.]]> 2018-07-25 02:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271045309 Evidence ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271045487 The evidence that would be used in trial would be the confessions, the accused neighbour's testimony, other witch's testimony, and by looking for the Devil's mark on their neck.]]> 2018-07-25 02:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271045487 Consequences ttiffanynnguyen https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271045686 If guilty of being a witch, the most common method of execution would be by being strangled at the stake, then proceeding to burn their corpse. There are a total of 141 recorded executions: 120 were strangled and then burned, 17 were recorded as being just burned, 3 were beheadings and 1 was a hanging.]]> 2018-07-25 02:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ttiffanynnguyen/plhppiiqth5w/wish/271045686