From about 1480 to 1700, a witch craze spread rampantly throughout most of Europe, more specifically in the southwestern region. More than 100,000 so-called “witches” were tortured and executed after being accused of witchcraft, along with their alleged connection with the Devil. The three main reasons for the oppression of these citizens were religious reformations, social descrimination, and financial greed. This craze landed during the same time as the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution.…
As Bridget Bishop looked at the small crowd gathering she said before the box was pulled “I am not a witch, i’m innocent”. The crowd yelled “LIAR” and the the box was pulled, only a rope sustaining Bridget Bishop. This happened during 1692 in Salem. Why were 20 people in Salem hung? What was the cause?…
Three children accused people of witchcraft in 1692. The first event that took place was that the three girls pointed out three woman. The first woman was a slave named Tituba she confessed that she was a witch. According to Tituba "there were other witches in the area. " Many people were accused of being a witch and was put on trial.…
The witch craze, during which hundreds of thousands of people were executed without trial, occurred during the renaissance and reformation in the late 1400s until the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment in the 1700s. The “witches” were mostly female, and given no trial. During this time period, although people were beginning to get educated, the majority of people believed that women could be evil and crazy, but men couldn’t and were therefore better than women and could do what they desired, which included placing the blame of the world’s evils on women. This apparent evil nature of people, especially women, led to the death of over 100,000 victims accused of being witches, and their age and the spread of disease were the blamed causes of the supposed spread of witchcraft. Two Dominican monks, Kramer and Sprenger, claimed that women were naturally corrupted and evil, and that they were sexual beings, which supposedly led to the…
Who was Ruth Johnston Stone? Born in 1930 to Knute August and Ruth Lillian Johnston. She was a shy little girl, who developed a lifelong love affair with nature at her mother's knee. Whether walking the woods looking for beautiful wildflowers to transplant or bird watching. One of her most vivid memories from her youth is the beautiful rose arbor her father built on their front walkway, at her mother's request.…
Knowing that African and Voodoo religion had been established in America when African slaves landed in Jamestown in 1619 28 we listen to Jessie Gaston Mulira: “The number of voodoo worshippers increased as more Africans arrived, first as indentured servants and later as slaves directly from Africa or through the West Indies….. With the influx of more Africans, voodoo became entrenched in the American colonies and later in the United States.” 29 Of course our keen interest is more fixed on the importing of slaves to Louisiana - and slaves in the St. Mary’s Parish area, which is the birthplace and home of our subject, William J. Seymour. Let’s review facts. Five hundred slaves were imported to Louisiana from Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint Dominique…
Salem Witch Trials Witches The word witch comes from the Celtic word 'wicca' meaning 'wise one' or 'magician'. Witchcraft was made a capital offence in Britain in the year 1563. Witchcraft is still illegal in various areas such as South America and India. Most of witchcraft today is practiced in the United States, Back in the times of Salem, witches were people who had seen the devil.…
Sourcery , devils , voodoo , or witchcraft. Witchcraft in New England was a big no-If you were thought to have done or be doing witchcraft , you would be sentenced to death. Altho you may think that is not that big of a deal , but back then it really was. But the real reason I am telling you this is to inform you as an individual on witchcraft in New England.…
The Salem Witch Trials began during the spring of 1962 after a group of young girls in Salem Village, MA, said they were being possessed by the devil and accused local women of witchcraft. With chaos running around the village, the special court began taking on cases. Bridget Bishop, the first convicted witch, was hanged in that June month. Belief that the devil could give certain humans, witches, power to harm others in return for their loyalty emerged throughout europe as early as the 14th century. All of this chaos and phenomenon led to a pointing fingers game of who is guilty.…
Salem lives by a common knowledge of following the rules that are in the bible. The citizens of Salem erupt in complete hysteria, because several girls wrongfully accuse people of witchcraft. Since evil acts and heretics is the work of the devil, the court and church investigate and convict the accused by sentencing them to death by hanging in the public square in front of everyone. Sacrificing citizens by sentencing the accused to hanging is not the answer to resolve anarchy and control the citizens of Salem. Salem’s religious beliefs and laws dictate the rules that are to be followed by each member of the community.…
the word rede means to counsel or to advise and also can mean explanation or to explain, and it is old english where the first known use was before the 12th century. the word Rede also has been seen as Old Saxon rad, Dutch raad, German Rat, Old Norse rao, all with the same meaning to counsel or to advise. Some famous redes are The Wiccan Rede, The Norse Rede of Honour , In modded times the word rede has been replaced with the word ethics, which is a moral stander that a person or a group of people fallow. Like in America it would be condensed unethical to lets say eat a dog, but in other parts of the rule this is a common behavior. So just like with ethics one that you might hold true dose not mean others will feel the same and on that same…
There were many different factors that contributed to the European witchcraze, one of which included the religious changes of the period. Before a judgment is to be made on how responsible these religious changes were for the European witchcraze, we must first take into account all of the other aspects which could also have some responsibility for the European witchcraze. Some of these aspects include: Intellectual changes, legal changes, religious changes, social & economic changes and warfare. Religion was a very important part of life in the early modern period. It would be extremely unusual for a person to consider themselves not a part of the accepted religion of their State.…
The Legend of Witches Los brujos o brujas are mischievous individuals who practice evil around their neighbors or people they envy. Often for little or no cause generally it is on their enemies witches practice the evil doings which they are able to perform. No one is born a witch. Witchcraft is some kind of science a kind of learning which may be learned from other witches, In New Mexicans, they speak of a witch as being in agreement with the devil young people such as old have a terrible superstitious fear of witches and their evil doings. The means of doing harm which the witches have at their disposal are various but in practice.…
Austin Smith E. Schwartz ARTH 101 12/05/15 Viking Art There was once a Germanic seafaring people, one that created widespread terror, raided and traded from their Scandinavian homeland along vast areas of both Northern and Central Europe, as well as European Russia, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries. These people, better known by the name of Vikings, were a people who dabbled in just about everything. From farming, to piracy, to even several different styles of art, the Vikings were a group that had a surprising amount of culture for a people who were almost solely known for crafting ships, and sacking towns.…
After a long day in village, full of learning from all-knowing masters, engaging in vigorous cleansing routines, and attempting to stay safe in the harsh social structure of the village. Once the time of day has come that the members many daily rituals and social interactions have come to an end, the members of the tribe all take part in one more ritual, far less tiring than their day of hard labor. As these tribe members retreat to their homes, either by themselves, with one other person, or in a small group, they turn to their magic boxes. Some families will have many of these boxes, enough for each member to take part in their worship separately. Others will only have one and need to take part in their worship together.…