Paper 3: Witch Craze (Berwick - Key Dates + Terminology) Flashcards
When was the Scottish Witchcraft Act?
In 1563 - Influenced by Calvinist desire to enforce godly morals, commissions of judges set up to enforce.
When did Gilly Duncan get arrested and confessed to witchcraft?
In 1590 - reputed to have unnatural healing abilities and Seaton discovered a ‘witches mark’.
When did James interrogate and examine Agnes Sampson?
In 1590 - long standing reputation as cunning woman and confessed under torture.
When did the Earl of Bothwell implicate?
In 1591
When was the execution of Agnes Sampson?
In 1591
When did James publish his ‘daemonologie’?
In 1597 - Justifying witchcraft persecutions.
When was the North Berwick witch-hunt?
From 1590-1
When was the final execution in Scotland?
In 1727
What is the Kirk?
The Scottish Church
What is a Lutheran?
A follower of the Protestant reformer Martin Luther and is based on the doctrine of justification by faith alone and the authority of Scripture.
What is the Presbyteries?
A church council consisting of ministers, presbyters and elders of Kirk.
What is the General Assembly?
The ruling body of the Scottish Calvinist Church.
What is Theocracy?
A state in which God is regarded as the sole sovereign and laws of the realm.
What is Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)?
A drug that causes hallucinations and psychedelic episodes.
What are the Quakers?
Members of the Religious Society of Friends, founded in England by George Fox in the 1640s.
