Assessment: witchcraft

S1 List three types of evidence used to identify witches

During this time people, would use to think that you are a witch by looking out
for a mark that they claim that the devil had left whilst sleeping with the women.
They can also check for withes by poking a hole in the persons leg and seeing if
blood had come out or if they had cried out in pain this was tested as they
thought that the devil had taken over their body so that they shall not feel no
pain they also tested for witches by seeing whether they had an animal or
something to which they believed that had taken over them

S2- How were witches punished?

If proven that a woman was a witch, they would be punished by execution

S3 How did religious tensions increase the numbers of witchcraft accusations?

Because Catholics werent appreciated back then so non-Catholics might have
just told the court members that so and so was a witch and that they should be
executed this created religious tensions as non-protestants would be put under
pressure by the protestant as theyd be killed for no reason if they had not been
a certain religion so some people may not be able to bear the torture and might
just had themselves in and claim that they are a witch

C1 Explain how the following factors can be connected to explain the rise in
witchcraft accusations: Matthew Hopkins, the role of the Church
Matthew Hopkins is connected to the rise of witchcraft accusations as he was the
man who had written about how people would capture witchcrafts, all the info
about how a witch would look to if a woman had shown acts of obedience to a
animal. The role of the church effected the rise of witchcraft as the king banned
catholic churches so if a catholic was accused of witch craft then they would
believe them as they didnt like Catholics and would have them executed. t

C2 Why were more women than men accused of witchcraft?

Women were accused more of witchcraft than men as women had more
knowledge of making potions for illnesses as they had spent more time not
working whilst men did most of the work. Also women were accused more of
being witches as if they were a widow theyd accuse the women of sleeping with
the devil and because most men had more authority than women back then if
they were accused of being a witch they would be charged and executed
C3 How did the growth of modern scientific thinking affect the decline in
witchcraft accusations in the later 17th century.