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Witchfinders were people who were paid to test whether someone was a witch. The witchfinder in Newcastle witch trials came from Scotland. [5] He was paid 20 shillings [2] per "witch" he found. In the end, the witchfinder in Newcastle trials was cast into prison. [1]
The Witches of Laspaúles refers to the women who were executed for witchcraft in Laspaúles in the 16th century. [1] They were subjected to torture and burned alive. The witch trial has become famous in the area where a park, Brujas de Laspaúles, and a museum devoted to the witch hunt have been established.
In the 16th century, Reginald Scot, a prominent critic of the witch trials, translated כָּשַׁף , φαρμακεία, and the Vulgate's Latin equivalent veneficos as all meaning 'poisoner', and on this basis, claimed that witch was an incorrect translation and poisoners were intended. [13]
The town of Fuersteneck, near Grafenau in Bavaria, Germany, was the location of a witch trial in 1703. A record of the trial was obtained from the parsonage of Röhrnbach . Accusation
Geillis Duncan also spelled Gillis Duncan (b. unknown d. 4 December 1591) was a young maidservant in 16th century Scotland who was accused of being a witch. [1] [2] She was also the first recorded British named player of the mouth harp.
In France alone, there were approximately 2000 witch trials between 1550 and 1700. And, of course, there was the dark chapter in America's own history when, in 1692, dozens of men and women (as ...
The Drudenhaus (also known as Malefizhaus, Trudenhaus, Hexenhaus, and Hexengefängnis) was a famous special prison for people accused during the Bamberg witch trials.The prison was constructed in 1627 on the order of Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim, Prince Bishop of Bamberg, and closed in 1632.
Stedelen (dead c. 1400) was a man who was accused of being a witch in Boltigen, Switzerland between 1397 and 1406. [1] Background