rise of witch-hunting

Question 1

In what year was Pope Innocent VIII’s papal bull issued?

Answer 1

1484

Question 2

In what year was Pope Innocent VIII’s papal bull issued?

Answer 2

. saw witchcraft as an exceptional crime

. removed legal limits on torture

Question 3

What was the name of the famous witchcraft treatise published in 1487 by two Dominican friars.


Answer 3

Malleus Maleficarum

Question 4

what was the religious scripture that was used under catholics

Answer 4

Exodus 22:18

Question 5

when was the Thirty years war

Answer 5

1618-48

Question 6

what was the socio-economic effects of witch-hunts

Answer 6

. population increase- England doubled in 1540-1660
. decline of real wages
. break up of community

Question 7

what effect in Germany did the mini ice age cause

Answer 7

. 1560’s
. effects on crops
. wine-producing areas in Germany and higher witch-hunts

Question 8

where were witches persecuted most in Europe during the Black Death

Answer 8

Geneva and Milan

Question 9

where in England would women accuse and blame other women

Answer 9

Essex 15X more likely to give more evidence in witchcraft cases