Elizabethan Witchcraft and Witches
Very spooky
The Elizabethan periond.
During the Renaissance, people of that time would need an explanation of why most of their disasters were happening, such as the Bubonic plague. The Elizabethans were very religious, and they tended to blame everything on the supernatural. This led to the public using "witches" as a scapegoat for any bad phenomena. Most of these "witches" however, have been over 200 reports of women being burned at the stake for witchcraft, but only a little over 20 accounts of men. This would mean that there was a bias against women being seen as a possible witch.
Woman with "demon" pets
Woman had pets when they were alone to keep them company since they were alone, many thought they were talking to demons when they talked to their pets.
Hanged due to witchcraft
These woman were accused of witchcraft due to illegitimate children and having been accused of causing people to die by witchcraft.
Dance with the demond
People dancing with demons while a boy is playing the violin, a representation of witchcraft
Facts
-Queen Elizabeth in 1562 passed a law that lead to witch hunts.
-The women and men accused of being witches were only the old, poor, unprotected.
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