The decline of magic

Question 1

The boy of Burton Fradulent cases

• When did it happen ?
• What happened ?
• How was it found to be fradulent ?

Answer 1

• 1597
• Alice Goodridge was accused of causing Thomas Darling hallucinations. John Darrell exersices the demons out of Darling
• Darling confesses after trial that the case is fraudulent

Question 2

The Pendle Swindle Case

• When?
• Why?
• What happened afterwards?

Answer 2

• 1634
• Edmund Robinson accuses Jennett Device of participating in a Sabbatt.
• The magistrate tranfer case to lonfon, evidence is questioned, Robinson confesses

Question 3

The Demon Drummer of Tedworth Case

• When?
• Why ?
• What happened after?

Answer 3

• 1662
• Drury played the drums to raise money for the poor, accused of using the drums to cast spells over houses
• Drury gets deported for theft and disturbances stop, manages to escape the ship

Question 4

The Jane Wenham case

• When?
• Why?
• What happened afterwards?

Answer 4

• 1712
• Jane Wenham is a wise woman, people accused her of being a witch and bewitiching someone, they also said she cast a curse
• 16 people support diferent accusations, the court ultimatly find her innocent

Question 5

Reginald Scot
The Discoverie Of Witchcraft
-When was it published?
-What are the views?

Answer 5

• 1584

- Questioned the biblical basis for witch hunting

Question 6

Samuel Harsnett
The Fraudulent practices of John Darrel
- When?
-Views held?

Answer 6

• 1599

- Rejected all witchcraft, felt the boy of burton case was completly false

Question 7

Thomas Ady
A Candle in the Dark
- When?
- Views held?

Answer 7

• 1656

- Belived in witches, dont have a pact with the devil, nothing in the bible to support this

Question 8

John Webster
The displaying of supposed witchcraft
- When?
- Views Held?

Answer 8

• 1677
• Reinforced Ady’s views that the bible failed to mention witchcraft, her also said that witches existed but are not linked to the supernatural

Question 9

Balthasar Bekker
The Enchanted World
-When?
-Views Held?

Answer 9

• 1691

- Built on Ady’s argument, belived that witchcraft was a deception

Question 10

Copernicus
The revolution of Heavenly Spheres
-Why?
-What?

Answer 10

• 1543

- He agrered with Aristotle that planets moved in perfect circles

Question 11

Kepler
Astronomia Nova
-When?
-What?

Answer 11

• 1609

- Planets move in an oval shape around the sun, planets don’t travel at a constant speed

Question 12

Galileo
Dialogue Concering Two Chief World Systems
-When?
-What?

Answer 12

• 1632
• Rejected the church in scientific matters, developed a system that fused maths and scientific matters.
• inspired later scientists

Question 13

Isaac Newton - Principia Mathematica

• When?
• What?

Answer 13

• 1687
• Mathmatically proved Kepler’s law of planetary motion.
• he managed to show, centrifugal force( the idea that planets are pullws towards the gravity of the sun forming a circular orbit

Question 14

Francis Bacon
Proficience and Advancment of Learning
-When?
- Why ?

Answer 14

• 1605

- Created the idea of empirical knowladge which is Knowladge learnt from experiences and observations

Question 15

Thomas Hobbes
De Corpore
- When?
- What?

Answer 15

• 1655

- He promoted deductive reasoning over inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning you test an idea through observation

Question 16

Thomas Hobbes
De Homine
-When?
-What?

Answer 16

• 1658

- He promoted Materialism, which is the belief that nothing exists except matter

Question 17

John Loke
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
-Why?
-What?

Answer 17

• 1690
• Idea that humans were born without knowledge, he questions if knowledge can be trusted
• empiricism is everything, no room for the supernatural