Social and economic background and Reasons for the Persecutions

Question 1

How many were arrested for witchcraft between 1500-1700?

Answer 1

500

Question 2

Who accompanied Hopkins?

Answer 2

John Stearne

Question 3

What did the Civil war cause?

Answer 3

• Collapse of central authority
• Bishops excluded from HoL
• Laws passed without royal assent

Question 4

What were disbanded at local level?

Answer 4

Church courts

Question 5

What did the Puritans believe about Charles?

Answer 5

He was an agent of the Devil as he was Catholic

Question 6

What did East Anglia face in the 1640’s?

Answer 6

Famine and crop failure

Question 7

What had the Civil war created economically?

Answer 7

Inflation and poverty

Question 8

How much did the population grow between 1530-1630?

Answer 8

2.5 million (2.5-5m)

Question 9

What happened to the class system?

Answer 9

Gap was widened

Question 10

What % of those accused were women?

Answer 10

90

Question 11

What caused communities to blame failure within society on witches?

Answer 11

Civil War

Question 12

How did Puritan ministers affect persecutions?

Answer 12

Preached the threat of the devil and encouraged people to denounce others

Question 13

How did villages cause persecutions?

Answer 13

Rumours spread

Question 14

What were the characteristics of someone stereo-typically accused?

Answer 14

Elderly, poor, female, single

Question 15

What did the elderly tend to be?

Answer 15

eccentric

Question 16

What could be seen as a curse?

Answer 16

Mumbled threats

Question 17

What did Hopkins and Stearne do to start their work?

Answer 17

Charge a fee to the local parish