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1503-60
peter palladius
1547
Denmark forbade torture
1563
witchcraft act forbade sorcery, bit skeptical
1576
Bessie Dunlop claims the devil tried make her Catholic
appeal could be heard in copenhagen's high court
1575
Hemmingsen wrote 'Avoiding Magic and Superstition'
1573
kirk's general assembly told witches just to repent
1583
bothwell tries oust royal fav, earl of arran
1584
James writes essay, in which he references play 'flyting'
1587
bothwell criticises James for not saving Mary
1585 - 1592
relative peace between monarch and Kirk
September 1589
anne tries to sail first time of three
October 1589
James departs for Denmark
1589
Bothwell found guilty of treason for conspiring to seize the King
Pre 1590
no evidence james had interest in witchcraft
July 1590
danish and scottish witchcraft connection first made
Spring 1590
James remains in Denmark until this date
1590
gilly duncan questioned
James interested in sampson
richard graham taken into custody
20th December 1590
John Fian is arrested
November 1590
Initial arrests
1590-91
North Berwick Hunts - linked to storms
15th April 1591
Bothwell arrested
April 1591
Bothwell summoned before Privy Council
June 1591
Escapee Bothwell
June + a few days 1591
Bothwell enters the palace to speak with James
27th December 1591
Unsuccessfully attacks Holyrood palace
October 1591
5 Judges named on witch commission
April 1592
Privy Council finds Bothwell guilty of witchcraft in his absence
June 1592
Bothwell makes another attempt to capture the King
July-October 1592
many of Bothwell's supporters charged
mid 1592
King gives commissions for witchcraft to nobles and magistrates
1592
King content to leave church to deal with witchcraft
24th July 1593
Bothwell breaks into James' bedroom
August 1593
Trial is held to clear Bothwell of charges - breaking into his bedroom clearly worked ig
September 1593
Pardon withdrawn - twist???
March 1594
Bothwell attacks James' forces at Leith
Early 1595
Bothwell proclaimed guilty of treason again
1595
Three suspected witches sent to Edinburgh
Several witches burned in Merse
Edinburgh authorities torture Alison Balfour and co.
1596
James redirects requests for witch commissions to Privy Council instead
Trial of Alison Jollie in Edinburgh
James appears at trial of Cristian Stewart
Sir William Steward given commissions for Highland and Islands region
open conflict between King and Kirk
1597
Daemonologie
Accusations due to famine and disease
Church exercised their witchcraft system
James takes interest in events of Stirlingshire
March 1597
Trial at Aberdeen of Janet Wishart
October 1597
Aberdeen hunt ends
April 1597
Margaret Aitken arrested, reports witches for James
16th September 1597
Made Stirlingshire authorities send suspect to him, reigniting the case
1612
Bothwell dies in Naples
May 1590
James and Anne arrive in Scotland
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