Reginald Scot's 'A discovery of Witchcraft'
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Published?
1548
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heavily influenced by who and how?
Weyer, stating that witches suffered from melancholia
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What was Scot a part of?
The Family of Love
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Main Points of this publication?
doubting far-fetched accusations
Stated that women truly believing to be witches were suffering from melancholia or delusion
catholic sacraments heightened fear of witches
witchcraft was not compatible with the canon Episcopi
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How did this increase skepta?
Didnt really as it was so controversial it was self published
But did influence later writers as it was the first sceptical work
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How did it fail?
James I’s Daemonologie was written right after, which increased trials
1604 witch act
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