https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground Historical Background Assignment en-us 2018-07-27 06:52:30 UTC 2018-07-28 10:23:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/302315028/6e7dbf72f7f60c9326ad0eded2564151/magic_witchcraft_sorcery_spell_7_512.png mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271271190 This act made both the practice of witchcraft and consulting with witches capital crimes.]]> 2018-07-27 07:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271271190 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271272976 In the middle ages, magic was something many people believed in. Lawyers only prosecuted cases where magic caused harm, but this changed from the late sixteenth century. Witchcraft was then seen as taking power from the devil, making it oppose religion. ]]> 2018-07-27 07:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271272976 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271326197 Daemonologie  is a collection of witchcraft myths and was written and published by King James VI of Scotland. This book is all about James' views in magic and witchcraft as well as what punishments these practices deserve. Shakespeare used a lot of rituals and quotes from this book in the production of Macbeth. ]]> 2018-07-28 07:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271326197 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271326207 This was when several witch trials took place in all of Scotland from March to 1957. More than 400 people were put on for devil worship/witchcraft, and about half were executed, often by being burned alive. This witch hunt was the second of five total with hunts in Scottish history. ]]> 2018-07-28 07:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271326207 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271328109 Scotland is known to Europe's largest persecutor of witches, with an estimation of 4000-6000 over the entire period. Although Scotland had about 1/4 of England's population, it had 3 times more witchcraft prosecutions. ]]> 2018-07-28 09:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271328109 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271328500 In 1735, the Witchcraft Act was passed by the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain abolishing the previous Witchcraft Act. The final hanging of a witch was in 1728. A new crime of "pretended witchcraft" was introduced which resulted in a year in jail instead of execution. ]]> 2018-07-28 09:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271328500 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271328863 King James VI believed that witchcraft was equal to worshiping Satan because based on Christian theology. Prior to 1590, witchcraft had been a criminal offence but there was little action to possible witches. During the last thirteen years of the reign of James, Scotland had accepted the Christian witch theory and that meant that witchcraft and demonology was no longer seen as a minor issue. ]]> 2018-07-28 09:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271328863 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271329058 Most of the witches accused were woman, but about 15% were men. Victims were not given a proper trial. Women that were suspected were often thrown in a lake, and they ones who drowned were innocent, but the women who survived were accused of witchcraft and got sent for their punishment. Woman were more commonly accused because woman were seen as more of a moral threat. This showed that the witch-hunt in Scotland could've been a way to control women. ]]> 2018-07-28 09:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271329058 mehak_rashid02 https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271329071  Most witches were strangled at the stake and then burned, some were burned alive, but closer to end of the trails, hanging was more common. Sleep deprivation was also used as way for witches to confess. ]]> 2018-07-28 09:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mehak_rashid02/englishbackground/wish/271329071