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The document discusses a history internal assessment on the extent to which the "witch-craze" in England from 1540-1735 was a result of religion and misogyny. It will investigate this topic using transcripts of the famous Pendle witch trials of 1612 and a source on how witch hunting changed over the 16th and 17th centuries. The Pendle witch trials source provides important context on the political and religious factors that led to witch accusations, as it was a well-documented case. The second source discusses the evolution of witch hunting laws over time and how the Bible contributed to perceptions of witches worshipping the devil, while also noting misogyny played a role by targeting mostly

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History Internal Assessment - Felix

The document discusses a history internal assessment on the extent to which the "witch-craze" in England from 1540-1735 was a result of religion and misogyny. It will investigate this topic using transcripts of the famous Pendle witch trials of 1612 and a source on how witch hunting changed over the 16th and 17th centuries. The Pendle witch trials source provides important context on the political and religious factors that led to witch accusations, as it was a well-documented case. The second source discusses the evolution of witch hunting laws over time and how the Bible contributed to perceptions of witches worshipping the devil, while also noting misogyny played a role by targeting mostly

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History Internal Assessment

To what extent was the “witch-craze” in England from the years 1540-1735 the result of

Religion and misogyny.

June 5th

Candidate Number: xxxxx

Word Count:
Section A Source value and limitation due

The focus of this investigation will be based upon the question: To what extent was the

“witch-craze” in England from the years 1540-1735 the result of Religion and misogyny.”

In order to successfully investigate this topic, I am going to establish an understanding

of how important religion and female misogyny where linked and related to the great

witch-craze and what methods they used to discover people using witch-craft. I am

going to use “Case notes: S01E06 – The Pendle Witch Trials” transcript as well as

Witch Hunting in 16th and 17th Century England by Lauren De Angelis Volume 8, issue

1, article 3, my two focus sources to allow me to answer my question and create a

balanced investigation.

The first source from “Case notes: S01E06 – The Pendle Witch Trials” transcript by En

Clair. It is a history audio transcript of a 64min and 12-second-long audio about the

pendle witch trials and a secondary source published on 31 march 2019, it is relative to

the investigation as the trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous

witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The

trials is about twelve accused woman who lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in

Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft.

Throughout the source it describes information about the backstory few years before it

started and how it started. This sources gives important information into this

investigation of religion and political rules that forced people into being accused of witch

craft as well as being a witch. The Great significance of this source lets us have an
understanding and analysis of how fatal the witch trials really where because of the

abuse of religion. This source talks about how only one was found not guilty. It was an

unusual trial in that it was documented in an official publication, The Wonderful

Discoveries of Witches in the County of Lancaster, by the clerk of the court, Thomas

Potts. As it was well documented, the story has remained as a well-known legend.

Secondly, I will be using “Witch Hunting in 16th and 17th Century England by Lauren De

Angelis Volume 8, issue 1, article 3” about the witch craze and how it changed

throughout the 16th and 17th century’s it was published in 2019 by De Angelis, Lauren.

This source helps understand the later years of the witch craze giving a greater

understanding of how it has evolved overtime. It goes into detail about the political side

of the witch craze and how the laws have changed over time through different rulers. It

also talks about how to bible was a large contributor to the witch craze because of

certain words that where taken from it to manipulate people into believing in the

existence of witches who worshiped the devil. It also goes into slightly goes into

information about misogyny, were predominantly elderly women from small villages,

who were targeted, labeled as witches, and killed. The witch craze was not a widely

spread phenomenon at the time, and it was mostly characteristic of Northern Europe.
Source 1 –

https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair/2019/03/31/case-notes-s01e06-the-pendle-witch-trials/

Source 2 –

https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?

article=1159&context=the_histories#:~:text=One%20must%20understand%20that

%20an,and%20eventually%20a%20capital%20offence .

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