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c. 5) marked a complete reversal in attitudes. Penalties for the practice of witchcraft as traditionally constituted, which by that time was considered by many influential figures to be an impossible crime, were replaced by penalties for the pretence of witchcraft. A person who claimed to have the
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regime passed a series of acts to enforce godliness in 1649, which made capital offences of blasphemy, the worship of false gods and for beaters and cursers of their parents. They also passed a new witchcraft act that ratified the existing act of 1563 and extended it to deal with consulters of
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Witchcraft Act 1563, enacted effective 4 June 1563, both the practice of witchcraft and consulting with witches were capital offences. This Act remained on
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once per quarter. This was also the penalty for a first offence of using witchcraft to "discover hidden treasure, ... or stolen goods, or to provoke unlawful love"; for a second such offence, it was
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2068:Amersfoort and Utrecht witch trials
1286:– via University of Michigan.
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861:"WHICH WITCH (CRAFT ACT) IS WHICH?"
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1450:Witchcraft in early modern Britain
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1099:Sneddon, Andrew (November 2019).
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1036:Sneddon, Andrew (15 May 2013).
742:Consumer Protection Regulations
2193:Summis desiderantes affectibus
1986:Navarre witch trials (1525–26)
1885:Vardø witch trials (1651–1653)
1391:Witchcraft and the Act of 1604
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1398:The Great Scottish Witch-Hunt
1314:– via Internet Archive.
1075:10.1080/14780038.2019.1595273
394:Witchcraft Act (Ireland) 1586
178:was repealed by Henry's son,
133:Statute Law Revision Act 1863
2328:accusations against children
2233:The Discoverie of Witchcraft
1680:Trial of the Wizards of Lyon
1533:Bury St Edmunds witch trials
1455:Channel Islands Witch Trials
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1209:"There may be trouble ahead"
1179:(Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006),
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311:Scottish Witchcraft Act 1563
1650:Aix-en-Provence possessions
1063:Cultural and Social History
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731:Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951
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1959:Witch trials in Portugal
1773:Mergentheim witch trials
1767:Baden-Baden witch trials
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818:Province of Pennsylvania
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2225:De praestigiis daemonum
2177:De maleficis mulieribus
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2021:Witch trial of Nogaredo
1902:Kastelholm witch trials
1838:Copenhagen witch trials
1817:Witch trials in Iceland
1812:Witch trials in Finland
1802:Witch trials in Denmark
1719:Rottenburg witch trials
1713:Wiesensteig witch trial
1595:Witch trials in Hungary
1578:Islandmagee witch trial
1460:Witch trials in England
1211:BBC News, 18 April 2008
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2273:Magical Investigations
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1980:Mirandola witch trials
1964:Witch trials in Sicily
1827:Witch trials in Sweden
1822:Witch trials in Norway
1779:Esslingen witch trials
1749:Eichstätt witch trials
1707:Derenburg witch trials
1640:Witch trials in France
1600:Witch trials in Poland
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2015:Terrassa witch trials
1969:Witch trials in Spain
1949:Witch trials in Italy
1920:Katarina witch trials
1914:Torsåker witch trials
1890:Kirkjuból witch trial
1867:Akershus witch trials
1755:Würzburg witch trials
1743:Ellwangen witch trial
1702:Rottweil Witch Trials
1674:Affair of the Poisons
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1623:Doruchowo witch trial
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2050:Stedelen witch trial
2003:Witches of Laspaúles
1879:Rosborg witch trials
1856:Finspång witch trial
1761:Bamberg witch trials
1662:Louviers possessions
1560:Bideford witch trial
1465:Witchcraft in Orkney
1443:In the British Isles
1333:, Red Wheel/Weiser,
1007:The Statutes Project
778:Bideford witch trial
434:28 Eliz. 1. c. 2 (I)
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2056:Valais witch trials
2009:Basque witch trials
1932:Thisted witch trial
1926:Rugård witch trials
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1844:Gyldenstierne-sagen
1832:Põlula witch trials
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1795:In Northern Europe
1737:Fulda witch trials
1725:Trier witch trials
1656:Loudun possessions
1572:Pittenweem witches
1527:Witches of Belvoir
1521:Samlesbury witches
1492:Witches of Warboys
804:Jane Rebecca Yorke
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