A Level History Witchcraft Breadth Study

Boy of Burton 1596-97

What case:

Did Thomas Darling a 14 year old boy get possessed by Alice Gooderidge but luckily was saved by exorcist John Darrell

William Somers got bewitched by 13 women including Alice Freeman but admitted it was fraudulent and that he was working with John Darrell

Turns out to be a fraud and Darrell is barred from ministry for life

Samuel Harsnett

Who publishes a “Discovery of the fraudulent practices of John Darrell” in 1599?

Alice Gooderidge

Who:

Was accused of being a witch by Thomas Darling

Confesses after sleep deprivation and starvation

Had a familiar called Minny

The Pendle Swindle 1634

Which case was connected to the Lancashire trials of 1612?

Jennet Device

Who from the Lancashire trials is accused in 1634?

Charles I

Who was sceptical of the Pendle Swindle?

Edmund

Which 10 year old boy was approached by 2 greyhounds in Pendle which then changed into Frances Dickinson and an unknown boy and then a women which forced him to ride to Hoarstones?

Hoarstones

Where was Edmund in the Pendle Swindle case forced to go to which was a coven meeting?

Henry Bridgeman

Who identified the Pendle Swindle as a fraud?

The Demon Drummer of Tedworth 1662

What case:

Began with John Mompesson a landowner from Tedworth having William Drury an ex soldier’s drum taken away whilst he was collecting money for the poor which resulted in Drury being deported but escaping deportation and Mompesson’s house being haunted with drum noises

Joseph Glanvill

Which academic:

Visited Mompesson’s house and claimed to hear the drum noises too

Attempted to persuade the Royal Society that the study of witchcraft can be scientific

Was told by witnesses that Drury was responsible

Webster,Bekker and Beaumont

Which academics publish pamphlets criticising Glanvill and the Demon drummer case?

1736

When is the witchcraft act repealed?

Jane Wenham

Who:

Was known as the “Wise Women of Walkern”

Cursed Matthew Gilson and his employers daughter and livestock

Bewitched Anne Thorne a 16 year old servant

Was secured a royal pardon by Sir John Powell due to her innocence

1712

When is Jane Wenham falsely accused?

Sir John Holt

Who:

Became a Barrister in 1663, became Recorder of London in 1685, transferred power to James II to William I during the 1688 Glorious Revoluiton

Appointed Lord Chief Justice in 1689

Acquitted every witch he tried from 1689 onwards

Sir John Holt

Who acquitted 2 women in Somerset in 1691 who had been accused of bewitching a girl?

Mary Guy

Who was freed in 1695 after being jailed for causing a local girl to be possessed by a demon?

Richard Hathaway

Who did Sir John Holt put on trial for fakery?

Matthew Hale

Which predecessor of Sir John Holt was willing to accept dubious testimony to secure convictions for witchcraft?

Family of Love

What radical Protestant sect was Reginald Scot a member of that believed nature controlled events rather than God?

Johann Weyer

Which Dutch physician inspired Scot and argued that witches were mentally ill?

“The Discoverie of Witchcraft” 1584

What book did Reginald Scot write which criticised witchcraft by saying:

Charges were far-fetched

Women who believed they were witches were deluded or melancholy

Witches did harm people or animals but did so through natural means

Canon Episcopi

What was belief in witchcraft not compatible with that Scot believed?

Samuel Harsnett

Who:

Was a Chaplain to the Bishop of London during the Boy of Burton

Became Archbishop of York in 1629

Wrote a book which criticised exorcist John Darrel and Catholicism

Peter Baro

Who did Harsnett support as a young man who was an Arminian who had been accused of being a Catholic?

“A Discovery of the Fraudulent Practises of John Darrel” 1599

What book did Harsnett write?

Samuel Harsnett

Who argued:

People have been misled through magic since ancient times and the witch craze is nothing new

The Catholic church was responsible for this witch craze

Only God can cast out the devil and anyone else who takes credit for this is a fraud

John Deacon and John Walker

Which 2 Puritan ministers questioned whether exorcism was actually possible?

“Dialogicall Discourses of Spirits and Divels” 1601

What was the pamphlet written by John Deacon and Walker called that criticised John Darrell and exorcisms?

“The Replie of John Darrell to the Answere of John Deacon and John Walker” 1602

What was John Darrell’s response to John Deacon and Walker in the pamphlet wars that claimed he had witnessed all the possessions?

Joseph Hall

Which Bishop of Norwich defended Darrell and said that he did perform exorcisms and this was because of his godly devotion?

“A Candle in the Dark 1656”

Which book:

Was written by Thomas Ady

Uses the Bible as its only source

Ordinary animals cannot be taken as familiars

Too many people have been wrongfully convicted

Anti-Catholic

John Webster

Who:

Wrote the Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft which believed teachings not found in the Bible should be rejected

Was a doctor and preacher

Written in response to Joseph Glanvill

“The Enchanted World” 1691

Which book:

Was wrriten by Balthasar Bekker at a time of increasing science and reason

Sought to find natural causes

4k copies sold in Holland

Burned in German towns

John and Ruth Osbourne

Who in 1751 did a mob kill that were suspected witches?

Natural philosophy

Study of the natural world

Homocentric

The earth is at the centre of the universe

Heliocentric

The sun is at the centre of the universe

Empiricism

Knowledge comes from experience

Elliptical

Planets move in elliptical orbits is a discovery that contradicts views

Aristotle

Who believed that empiricism was about learning from observation and experience?

Plato

Who used theories to explain the natural world?

Copernicus

Who starts the Scientific revolution?

Tycho Brahe

Who argues:

Planets orbit the Sun but the Sun orbits the Earth

The universe can change because of a 1572 supernova he saw

Planets moved independently through space

Johannes Kepler

Who argues:

Planets travel in elliptical circles

Planets do not travel at a constant speed

Became Brahe’s assistant in 1600

Maths can explain the physical world

Galileo

Which astronomer:

Worked for the Duke of Tuscany

Rejected Brahe’s theory that other planets revolved around the Sun

Found guilty of heresy and forced to recant after writing Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems in 1632

Believed that the church had no authority over science

Isaac Newton

Who:

Became President of the Royal society in 1703

Wrote Principia Mathematica in 1687 which explained physics and forces

Published 3 laws

Still believed in magic

Francis Bacon

Which thinker:

Went to Cambridge at age 12

Promoted inductive reasoning

Created a “table of instances” which recorded data and used it to create theories

Wrote Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human in 1605

1597

When was Gresham College founded?

Research mathematical sciences

What was Gresham College set up to do?

1662

When was the Royal Society established?

Science

What subject did the Royal Society focus on?

Charles II

Which King’s interest helped set up the Royal Society?

Joseph Glanville

Who was one of the earliest members of the Royal Society that suggested magic should be studied formally?

Thomas Hobbes

Who:

Was the son of a Vicar and worked as an assistant to Francis Bacon

Advocated a strong government led by a single leader

Believed that humans are flawed and that Nero was a bad emperor because he was born bad

Believed that everything was created by matter and had no time for superstition

John Locke

Who:

Was the founder of Liberalism

Published Essay Concerning Human Understanding which promoted empericism

Made no allowances for the supernatural

1660

When did witchcraft decline steadily?