Witchcraze Flashcards
Who was Thomas Ady?
The author of three books against witchcraft
A candle in the dark of a treatise concerning the nature of witches and witchcraft (1656)
Perfect discovery of witches (1661)
The doctrine of devils (1676)
Who was the Demon drummer of Ted-worth?
An Ex-drummer named Drury found guilty of extortion and forced to give up his drum
Who took away the Demon Drummers Drum?
John Mompson took drurys drum, mompson then experienced loud drumming at night
Why was Drury charged with the crime of employing an evil spirit?
Was questioned by mompenson and confessed to bewitching his house
Who was boulton?
A defender of the existence of witches, wrote the complete history of magic, sorcery, and witchcraft (1697) argued that the weight of evidence was in favour of witchcraft
What was the 1736 Witchcraft Act?
A law that dictated that those accused of witchcraft and those that accused others couldn’t be arrested, it was also made illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft
How were witches dealt with after the law denied their existence?
Some would use cunning folk to identify witches others would carried around a “Witch-Bottle” this was a bottle full of the afflicted’s piss that represented a witches bladder that was later buried or burnt
