Witchcraft During the Renaissance
Witchcraft and sorcery back in the 16th century is immensely different compared to now. Witchcraft is almost non existent in today's world. Only 2 out of every 10 Americans believe in sorcery. Back then it was a constant daily reminder of witches and warlocks causing chaos. Today’s society believes witchcraft is not logical and it is just a myth. Back then there was an average of 13 witch trials every single day across the world in the 16th century. Today a small village in Africa , Zambia, still believes in witches and witch hunts are casual there. There have been no other recorded trials in the past century.
Witchcraft during the renaissance was a very highly and recurring important topic. “I am clear of this sin” said Mary Esty, and thousands of other people falsely accused of being involved with witchcraft. During the sixteenth century there was no law system. There was zero police, zero laws, no ethical system at all. Back then if you accused someone of anything and other people agreed more of the townspeople joined in and formed their own way of punishment for the “victim.” There were “hearings” but even then there was no sound judgement. Everything was …show more content…
“Witches were frequently characterized as being ugly and old women. (Though in Anne Boleyn's case, people were apparently willing to overlook those characteristics when they called her a witch)” Back then people stereotyped witches to be grotesque and elderly. They were described as “crone like” with rotten teeth, manly lips, and hollow cheeks. Another conspiracy back then was if you were an owner of a cat you were suspected of being a witch or in some cases a warlock. In todays world no one sane truly thinks anyone is a witch. If someones perception of someone else is “ugly” people just look down on them, they do not believe they are a
Witchcraft and sorcery back in the 16th century is immensely different compared to now. Witchcraft is almost non existent in today's world. Only 2 out of every 10 Americans believe in sorcery. Back then it was a constant daily reminder of witches and warlocks causing chaos. Today’s society believes witchcraft is not logical and it is just a myth. Back then there was an average of 13 witch trials every single day across the world in the 16th century. Today a small village in Africa , Zambia, still believes in witches and witch hunts are casual there. There have been no other recorded trials in the past century.
Witchcraft during the renaissance was a very highly and recurring important topic. “I am clear of this sin” said Mary Esty, and thousands of other people falsely accused of being involved with witchcraft. During the sixteenth century there was no law system. There was zero police, zero laws, no ethical system at all. Back then if you accused someone of anything and other people agreed more of the townspeople joined in and formed their own way of punishment for the “victim.” There were “hearings” but even then there was no sound judgement. Everything was …show more content…
“Witches were frequently characterized as being ugly and old women. (Though in Anne Boleyn's case, people were apparently willing to overlook those characteristics when they called her a witch)” Back then people stereotyped witches to be grotesque and elderly. They were described as “crone like” with rotten teeth, manly lips, and hollow cheeks. Another conspiracy back then was if you were an owner of a cat you were suspected of being a witch or in some cases a warlock. In todays world no one sane truly thinks anyone is a witch. If someones perception of someone else is “ugly” people just look down on them, they do not believe they are a