Question | Answer |
Who offered herbal cures and remedies | wise women
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What was sold to the Devil in return for supernatural powers | soul
| Who made witchcraft a serious crime | Henry VIII
| Who began to persecute witches after 1563 | Elizabeth I
| What English monarch considered himself an expert on witchcraft | James I
| Name King James' book on witchcraft | Demonologie
| What religious divide happened in the 16th century | Reformation
| Christianity split into 2 opposing sects. Name them | Protestants and Catholics
| What name was given to the 'wrong' religion | heresy
| What percentage of accused were men | 10%
| What is a fear or hatred of women known as | misogyny
| What Biblical story depicts women as morally weak | Adam and Eve
| Who saw women as temptresses | puritans
| Witch's animal | familiar
| absolute proof of witchcraft | confession
| Matthew Hopkin's title | Witchfinder General
| Hopkin's home town | Manningtree
| Area of great witch-hunt | East Anglia
| Year of great witch-hunt | 1645
| Created climate for 17th century witch-hunt | civil war
| English punishment for witchcraft | hanged
| what attitude began to replace superstition | scientific
| What scientific body was set up by King Charles II | Royal Society
| Last person executed for witchcraft in England | Alice Molland |