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40 Cards in this Set
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What nationality was Patrick Cleary, the man who killed his wife in 1895 in the belief that she was really a changeling? |
Irish |
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Who sings the song "Echo Mountain," about a dog that is killed after defending it's master's baby against a wolf? |
James King |
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In life, St. Guinefort was |
A dog |
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What quality does Elda in the movie the Sorceress share with her original in Etienne de Bourbon's story? |
She treats sick babies |
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The members of what order of friats in the Middle Ages referred to themselves (in Latin) as "the hounds of God"? |
Dominicans |
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In the movie the Sorceress which of the following is actually !mentioned in Etienne de Bourbon's original story? |
The wolf |
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What does William of Newburg say that the cup that was stolen from the fairies in Yorkshire was made of? |
An unknown material |
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Which people does Walter Map say that Herla was king over? |
The Britons |
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What prohibition does Eadric the Wild's fairy brtide lay upon him? |
Never to speak of her origins |
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According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, what does King Vortigen intend to do with the young Merlin at first? |
To sacrifice him |
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According to Robert de Boron, who did Merlin get his gift of prophesy directly from? |
The Devil |
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What happened to Alice Kittler? |
She escaped |
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Who sings along with Muddy Waters in the performance of "Hoochie Coochie Man" we watched? |
Mick Jagger (and the rolling stones) |
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Which Pope instigated a crusade against the Albigensians? |
Pope Innocent III |
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At which fortress (not one of the fiuve sins if Carcasonne) were over 200 of the defenders burned alive wen it surrendered in 1244? |
Monsegur |
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Which theologian drew on the distinction between Iatria and dulus when assessing the degree of guilt |
Nicholas Eymeric |
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Which University Faculty of Theology ruled in 1398 on twenty-eight superstitious practices it considered ‘errors’?
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Paris
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After the preliminary hearing at Joan of Arc’s trial, the original seventy charges against her were reduced to
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twelve
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Who does Joan of Arc say was reported to have seen fairies at the tree in her home village of Domremy?
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her godmother
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How many soldier does Joan of Arc say she killed when leading her armies against the English?
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none
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What single act finally signed Joan of Arc's death-warrant?
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wearing men's clothes
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IN the renaissance, incubi were typically
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male
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In the scene from the Witches of Eastwick we watched who does the devil say were the first victims of the witchcraft trials?
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midwives
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According to the Malleus Maleficarum, where do witches typically hide the penises they steal? |
in birds' nests
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Which of the three Essex "witches" had "two lewde Daughters, no better then naughty packs, [with] two Bastard Children: being both boyes?"
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Joan Cunny
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Joan Prentice confessed to having a familiar called Bidd; what kind of animal was it?
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a ferret
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From all available statistics drawn from the period 1509-1777 what was the global percentage of witches who were female?
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77
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What is missing from Johannes Nider’s 1435 description of the sabbat?
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sex
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Pierre de Lancre’s observations on the sabbat are based on confessions he heard at trials in
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the Basque area
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Who reported hearing a woman confess that copulating with the devil was as painful as childbirth? |
Henry Boguet
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The surrender of which city in 1453 increased the West’s familiarity with the learning of the Greek world?
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Constantiople
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In what century was Giordano Bruno's book de Magia rst published? |
the nineteenth
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The Copernican system was based on the belief that the earth was
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circling the sun
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Who wrote "Everything, however men may deem it assured and evident, proves when it is brought under discussion to be no less doubtful than are extravagant and absurd beliefs." |
Giordano Bruno
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Not counting the “pacts with the devil,” accepted only by "some dumb monks," how any different categories of magic does Giordano Bruno recognize? |
nine
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What does the word “occult” mean in the wri)ngs of men like Marsilio Ficino and Cornelius Agrippa? |
hidden
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In which city did Cornelius Agrippa successful defend a woman accused of witchcraft? |
Metz
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Which branch of natural philosophy did Martin del Rio say “rests upon universal, true, and unchangeable principles”?
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astronomy
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According to Paracelsus what is “the mother of all the seven metals and therefore quite properly may he called ‘the mother of metals’?” |
quicksilver
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In preparation for what branch of natural philosophy does Basilius Valentinus say that "you must also be truly sorry for your sins, confess them and firmly decide to live a good and holy life.” |
alchemy
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