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580:"In Owen Davies's reconstruction of events, a change in attitudes occurred at the opening of the nineteenth century, as members of the social elite came to perceive that a faith in magic seemed to be as prevalent among the populace as it had been a hundred years before, even while a growing political turbulence among commoners gave their rulers a new interest in the idea of education and civility as stabilizing forces. Ignorance, superstition, criminality and insurrection seemed increasingly to make up a single package, and one result of this realization was a growing number of prosecutions under the 1735 Act and then considerably more under
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327:. Erskine not only fervently believed in the existence of witchcraft, but, it has been argued, also held beliefs that were deeply rooted in "Scottish political and religious considerations" and which caused him to reject the Act. His objection to the Act "marked him out as an eccentric verging on the insane" among Members of Parliament, and in turn his political opponents would use it against him; one of his staunchest critics,
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553:"The responsibility of all men of authority was reversed. Instead of instigating the scratching or swimming of a witch, the justice of the peace now turned to censuring those who took it upon themselves to perform such actions. Instead of overseeing the weighing of witches against the church Bible, Anglican clergyman now preached that the mother of all witches, the
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parliamentary debates, meaning that there is a lack of archival material on the parliamentary debate on the implementation of the Act. According to Davies, it appears that the Act "generated only a modicum of debate" within
Parliament, with several amendments being suggested in both the House of Commons and the
367:, whose sinking was hidden from the general public at the time. After being caught faking a spiritual manifestation, she was arrested during a seance and indicted with seven punishable counts: two of conspiracy to contravene the Witchcraft Act 1735, two of obtaining money by false pretences, and three of
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which were originally based in an intolerance toward practitioners of magic but became mired in contested
Christian doctrine and superstitious witch-phobia. Instead of assuming as the earlier laws did that witches were real and had real magical power derived from pacts with Satan, the new law assumed
255:(1484), but with far less success among the bishops. Thus the Act of 1735 reflected the general trend in Europe, where after a peak around 1600, and a series of outbursts in the late 17th century, witch-trials quickly subsided after 1700. The last person executed for witchcraft in Great Britain was
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An Act to repeal the statute made in the first year of the reign of King James the First, intitutled, An Act against conjuration, witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits, except so much thereof as repeals an Act of the fifth year of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, Against conjurations,
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on 24 March and came into effect on 24 June. In the words of Davies (1999), the new law meant that witchcraft was "no longer to be considered a criminal act, but rather an offence against the country's newly enlightened state". Up until 1772, it was illegal for the newspapers to report on
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inchantments and witchcrafts, and to repeal, an Act passed in the parliament of
Scotland in the ninth parliament of Queen Mary, intituled, Anentis witchcrafts, and for punishing such persons as pretend to exercise or use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, inchantment, or conjuration.
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was jailed under the
Witchcraft Act 1735 on the grounds that she had claimed to summon spirits. Her followers often contend that her imprisonment was in fact at the behest of superstitious military intelligence officers, who feared that she would reveal the secret plans for
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The
Witchcraft Act 1735 was frequently invoked in the early years of the 19th century in an attempt by the political elite to root out "ignorance, superstition, criminality and insurrection" among the general populace, and even more so under the
557:, was nothing but a mere impostor. The fight was now not against the evil of witchcraft, but, instead, against the evil influence which such 'ignorant' and 'superstitious delusions' had on the minds of the uneducated masses.
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prime minister of the country, allegedly stated that he no longer considered
Erskine to be a serious political threat as a result of his embarrassing opposition to the Act.
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230:. With this, the law abolished the hunting and executions of witches in Great Britain. The maximum penalty set out by the Act was a year's imprisonment.
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371:(a common law offence). She spent nine months in prison. Duncan has been frequently described as the last person to be convicted under the Act.
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Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants
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Another candidate for the last person convicted under the Act was
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The only figure to offer significant opposition to the Act was
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The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
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Witchcraft and Society in England and America, 1550-1750
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which were themselves based on the Witchcraft Act 1735.
343:, one purpose of which was to reinforce the 1735 Act.
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618:"The Witchcraft Act wasn't about women on brooms"
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584:which was brought in to reinforce it in 1824."
2483:Witchcraft and divination in the Old Testament
2570:A Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts
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605:. London. 27 September 1944. p. 2.
529:Witchcraft, Magic and Culture 1736-1951
235:witch trials in the Early Modern period
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2018:Witch trials in the Holy Roman Empire
1791:Witch trials in early modern Scotland
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1338:Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla)
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616:Chambers, Vanessa (24 January 2007),
199:Text of statute as originally enacted
1870:Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–62
1860:Great Scottish witch hunt of 1649–50
2699:Legal history of the United Kingdom
2671:Witchcraft Act 1735 (Great Britain)
2389:Amersfoort and Utrecht witch trials
895:Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham
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233:It thus marks the end point of the
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2530:De Lamiis et Pythonicis Mulieribus
2128:Witch trials in Estonia and Latvia
1771:Witchcraft in early modern Britain
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1825:Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597
949:Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
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439:The citation of this Act by this
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1796:Witchcraft in early modern Wales
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1025:Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
691:Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin (1992).
413:Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1957
400:, largely at the instigation of
32:
2361:Witch trials in the Netherlands
2052:Pappenheimer family witch trial
775:Newton, John; Bath, Jo (2008).
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654:
287:A portrait of James Erskine by
2514:Summis desiderantes affectibus
2307:Navarre witch trials (1525–26)
2206:Vardø witch trials (1651–1653)
778:Witchcraft and the Act of 1604
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252:Summis desiderantes affectibus
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1836:Northamptonshire witch trials
1140:Northamptonshire witch trials
944:Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
644:"Obituary of Thomas Brooks".
422:
2649:accusations against children
2554:The Discoverie of Witchcraft
2001:Trial of the Wizards of Lyon
1854:Bury St Edmunds witch trials
1776:Channel Islands Witch Trials
1649:Last person imprisoned under
1170:Bury St Edmunds witch trials
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1971:Aix-en-Provence possessions
859:Anglo-Saxon metrical charms
650:. London. 17 February 1958.
535:Manchester University Press
398:Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951
295:Initially presented to the
174:Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951
39:Parliament of Great Britain
10:
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2578:Daemonolatreiae libri tres
2425:Liechtenstein witch trials
2106:Witch trial of Fuersteneck
1966:Labourd witch-hunt of 1609
1819:North Berwick witch trials
1418:George and Lachlan Rattray
1288:Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis
1110:North Berwick witch trials
964:Society of the Inner Light
715:Crime in England 1688-1815
599:"Witchcraft Act charges".
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503:National Portrait Gallery.
325:James Erskine, Lord Grange
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2610:A Guide to Grand-Jury Men
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2448:Connecticut Witch Trials
2442:Witch trials in Virginia
2280:Witch trials in Portugal
2094:Mergentheim witch trials
2088:Baden-Baden witch trials
1856:(1645, 1662, 1655, 1694)
1690:Witches' Well, Edinburgh
299:on 27 January 1735/6 by
224:Kingdom of Great Britain
97:Territorial extent
2546:De praestigiis daemonum
2498:De maleficis mulieribus
2395:Bredevoort witch trials
2342:Witch trial of Nogaredo
2223:Kastelholm witch trials
2159:Copenhagen witch trials
2138:Witch trials in Iceland
2133:Witch trials in Finland
2123:Witch trials in Denmark
2040:Rottenburg witch trials
2034:Wiesensteig witch trial
1916:Witch trials in Hungary
1899:Islandmagee witch trial
1781:Witch trials in England
1220:Islandmagee witch trial
869:Cunning folk in Britain
733:Gibson, Marion (2006).
474:Oxford University Press
449:Interpretation Act 1978
2602:Compendium Maleficarum
2594:Magical Investigations
2485:(8th–2nd centuries BC)
2301:Mirandola witch trials
2285:Witch trials in Sicily
2148:Witch trials in Sweden
2143:Witch trials in Norway
2100:Esslingen witch trials
2070:Eichstätt witch trials
2028:Derenburg witch trials
1961:Witch trials in France
1921:Witch trials in Poland
1174:1645, 1662, 1655, 1694
569:Newton & Bath 2008
443:was authorised by the
404:through the agency of
384:Central Criminal Court
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141:22 June 1951
126:24 June 1736
2661:Werewolf witch trials
2454:Maryland Witch Trials
2419:Salzburg witch trials
2336:Terrassa witch trials
2290:Witch trials in Spain
2270:Witch trials in Italy
2241:Katarina witch trials
2235:Torsåker witch trials
2211:Kirkjuból witch trial
2188:Akershus witch trials
2076:Würzburg witch trials
2064:Ellwangen witch trial
2023:Rottweil Witch Trials
1995:Affair of the Poisons
1989:Normandy witch trials
1944:Doruchowo witch trial
1120:Aberdeen witch trials
712:Cox, David J (2014).
445:Short Titles Act 1896
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2371:Stedelen witch trial
2324:Witches of Laspaúles
2200:Rosborg witch trials
2177:Finspång witch trial
2082:Bamberg witch trials
1983:Louviers possessions
1881:Bideford witch trial
1786:Witchcraft in Orkney
1764:In the British Isles
1190:Bideford witch trial
959:Ordo Templi Orientis
864:Anglo-Saxon paganism
247:Council of Paderborn
2562:Newes from Scotland
2522:Malleus Maleficarum
2383:Geneva witch trials
2377:Valais witch trials
2330:Basque witch trials
2253:Thisted witch trial
2247:Rugård witch trials
2194:Ramsele witch trial
2165:Gyldenstierne-sagen
2153:Põlula witch trials
1938:Szeged witch trials
1653:Witchcraft Act 1735
1525:Neopagan witchcraft
1318:Issobell Fergussone
571:, pp. 224–225.
351:In September 1943,
331:, who was then the
311:, the Act received
208:Witchcraft Act 1735
162:Witchcraft Act 1603
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22:Witchcraft Act 1735
2466:Salem witch trials
2312:Lisbon witch trial
2263:In Southern Europe
2217:Vardø witch trials
2116:In Northern Europe
2058:Fulda witch trials
2046:Trier witch trials
1977:Loudun possessions
1893:Pittenweem witches
1848:Witches of Belvoir
1842:Samlesbury witches
1813:Witches of Warboys
1506:Christian Caldwell
1383:Euphame MacCalzean
1283:Katherine Campbell
1210:Pittenweem witches
1160:Witches of Belvoir
1150:Samlesbury witches
1100:Witches of Warboys
1040:Austin Osman Spare
1030:Madeline Montalban
411:The South African
376:Jane Rebecca Yorke
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788:978-90-04-16528-1
739:. A&C Black.
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548:978-0-7190-5656-7
487:978-0-19-820744-3
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1676:and museums
1408:Mary Pannal
1358:Janet Horne
1243:Lilias Adie
1069:In Scotland
1045:A. E. Waite
537:. pp.
441:short title
417:Cape Colony
380:Forest Gate
257:Janet Horne
169:Repealed by
2688:Categories
2656:Drudenhaus
2644:Witch-hunt
2352:Elsewhere
2318:Benandanti
2011:In Germany
1642:witchcraft
1612:Sybil Leek
1393:Violet Mar
1368:Mary Hicks
1061:witchcraft
1035:Alan Moore
1020:James Lees
845:Folk magic
839:in Britain
837:witchcraft
672:19 October
630:29 October
476:. p.
423:References
388:bound over
228:witchcraft
220:Parliament
180:Relates to
145:1951-06-22
130:1736-06-24
47:Long title
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1954:In France
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1683:Monuments
1674:Monuments
1473:Jane Weir
1443:Anna Tait
1333:Maud Galt
1323:John Fian
1124:1596–1597
1104:1589–1593
1015:Phil Hine
978:Magicians
888:Magicians
781:. BRILL.
666:Quackdown
647:The Times
602:The Times
588:. p. 107.
428:Footnotes
362:HMS
259:in 1727.
1563:Neopagan
1533:Variants
1074:In Wales
1000:John Dee
879:Nicnevin
852:Variants
626:, London
525:(1999).
464:(1999).
333:de facto
212:9 Geo. 2
138:Repealed
63:9 Geo. 2
58:Citation
2637:Related
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1572:Artemis
1565:witches
1293:Meg Dow
1236:witches
1234:Accused
263:History
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