Decline of magic (evidence and impact) Flashcards
Evidence for:
Boy of Burton (1597)
- Alice Goodbridge accused by Thomas Darling
- Darrell brought in to exorcise Darling
- Darling confesses and both imprisoned for a year
Evidence for:
The Demon Drummer of Tedworth (1662)
- Drury used drum to raise money and accused of casting spells
- He is deported and the disturbances stop (manages to escape)
Evidence for:
Samuel Harsnett ‘The Fraudulent Practices of John Darrel’ (1599)
- Rejected all witchcraft
- Harsnett was deeply suspicious about BOB, claimed Darrel was a fraud
Evidence for:
John Webster ‘The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft’ (1677)
- Reinforced Ady’s suggestion that the Bible failed to mention witchcraft
- Argued witches existed but are not in control of the supernatural - pomoted rational & materialistic thinking
Evidence for:
Copernicus ‘The Revolution of Heavenly Spheres’ (1543)
- Proposed universe was heliocentric - sun at centre & not earth
- Agreed with Aristotle that planets move in circles
Evidence for:
Galileo ‘Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems’ (1632)
- Rejected right of the church to act as an authority on scientific matters
- Developed system that fused maths & natural science - went on to inspire later scientists
Evidence for:
Isaac Newton’s ‘Principia Mathematica’ (1687)
- Proved Kepler’s law of motion
- Centrifugal force (gravity of sun)
Evidence for:
Thomas Hobbes ‘De Homine’ (1658)
- Materialism: the theory/belief that nothing exists except matter & its movements & modifications
Evidence for:
Galileo ‘Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems’
- Rejected right of the church to act as an authority on scientific matters
- Developed system that fused maths &
Evidence for:
Thomas Ady ‘A Candle in the Dark’ (1656)
- Witches exist but don’t have pact with Devil
- Uses biblical evidence
- Critical of ‘Daemonologie’
Evidence for:
Balthasar Bekker ‘The Enchanted World’ (1691)
- Built on Adys argument of biblical evidence
- Witchcraft was a deception
- Wrote at the time when there were changing views
Evidence for:
Kepler Astronomia Nova (1609)
- Planets moved in elliptical orbit around sun
- Planets speed up closer to sun
Evidence for:
Isaac Newton’s ‘Principia Mathematica’ (1687)
- Proved Kepler’s law of motion
- Centrifugal force (gravity of sun)
Evidence for:
Francic Bacon ‘Profience and Advancement of Learning’ (1605)
- Empirical knowledge, learnt experience and observation = most superior form of knowledge
- “if men begin with doubts but observe known facts, they will end with certainties”
Evidence for:
Thomas Hobbes ‘De Homine’ (1658)
- Materialism: theory/belief that npthing exists except matter & its movements & modifications
Evidence for:
Thomas Hobbes De Corpore (1655)
- Deductive reasoning is better than inductive
Deductive - idea tested through observation
Inductive - Idea is formed and worked from theories
Evidence for:
John Locke ‘Concerning Human Understanding’
- Humans born without knowledge
- Focused on language and importance of words
- Spirits have no primary qualities
