HIST 103g Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Change, English Civil War, Social Polarization
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Want to burn her, she looks like one. Fake nose and hat are why she"s a witch. Ways to tell if she"s a witch, floats then she"s made of wood, that"s why she burns. In charge, an elite man, he has logic behind his ways of seeing if a woman is a witch or not. Like a shooting star, deformities, all signs of god. He is knowledgeable, drew star charts for monarchs. He thinks he can find people who can talk to angels, who really know info. Most witches hung, not burned, unless tied to heresy. Wanting to have power in the state level too. This code is about other legalities as well, but it says witchcraft is punishable by death. Children and women witnesses, they could come and see these. Out of house at night, go join devil with mock ceremony of christian norms. Women thought to be passive, irrational, easily swayed.
