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In the long run it may be better simply to describe the witch hunts than to try to explain them, since the explanations are so diverse and complicated. Yet one general explanation is valid: the unique character of the witch hunts was consistent with the prevailing worldview of intelligent, educated, experienced people for more than three centuries.
The latter was the greatest evil of the system, for a victim might be forced to name acquaintances, who were in turn coerced into naming others, creating a long chain of accusations. In the long run it may be better simply to describe the witch hunts than to try to explain them, since the explanations are so diverse and complicated.
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'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live'
— Exodus 22:18.
Inspired by fear
There is no evidence that James VI of Scotland was greatly interested in witchcraft before 1590. For much of his reign he remained sceptical about the existence of witches with the supposed power to harm or heal.
Despite this, James would have been aware that, if witches with the power to do harm actually did exist, they could represent a serious threat to both society and the king personally. Having come to the throne as an infant and survived several attempts on both his life and his throne, James had every reason to feel insecure.
The North Berwick witches
In 1590 James married Anne of Denmark On return from Scandinavia to Scotland, the king’s ship was battered by severe storms and it was suggested that the dark arts were being used by his enemies to prevent him returning safely to Scotland. This was the alleged work of the North Berwick witches who confessed, after torture, to acting with the devil against James.
Agnes Sampson was one of those accused of trying to kill James using witchcraft. During her confession she claimed that she attached parts of a corpse to a cat, sailed to sea in a sieve, then put the cat into the sea to create a storm to shipwreck the king.
This direct threat to the king, who the devil reportedly viewed as his chief enemy on earth, seemed to provoke James's interest in witchcraft. James personally questioned many of the accused but remained sceptical about the reality of the deeds they confessed to. This changed when Agnes Sampson said she could prove she was a witch by recounting to James his conversation with his new bride on their wedding night. Agnes must have convinced James as, from this point, he was persuaded of the reality of the threat against him.
'Newes from Scotland'[NLS reference: H.32.d.34].
The notorious North Berwick witch hunt led to the accusation, arrest and torture of a group of around 60 people. Some of the accused were educated and of high status within the community. Under torture and questioning many confessed and, although the records are incomplete, it is likely that many of the accused were executed, probably by burning.
'Daemonologie'
It is likely that it was at this time that James's interest in the subject led him to write a tract, 'Daemonologie' (published in 1597), in which he described the:
'fearefull aboundinge at this time in this countrie, of these detestable slaves of the Devill, the Witches or enchanters'.
'fearful abundance at this time in this country, of these detestable slaves of the Devil, the witches or enchanters'.
‘Daemonologie’ was intended to convince sceptics of the reality of witchcraft. Written in the form of a dialogue, it sets out an argument demonstrating that the existence of witches can be proven and urges their detection and punishment. Although the Scottish Witchcraft Act had been in force since 1563, no large scale witch hunts took place until the period during which James was writing.
Questions for discussion
Read this passage from 'Daemonologie' and answer the questions that follow:
'What can be the cause that there are twentie women given to that craft, where ther is one man?
'The reason is easie, for as that sexe is frailer then man is, so is it easier to be intrapped in these grosse snares of the Devill, as was over well proved to be true, by the Serpents deceiving of Eva at the beginning, which makes him the homelier with that sexe sinsine.'
'What can be the cause that there are 20 women given to that craft [witchcraft], where there is one man?
'The reason is easy, for as that sex is frailer than man is, so is it easier to be entrapped in these gross snares of the Devil, as was over well proved to be true, by the Serpent's deceiving of Eve at the beginning, which makes him the more familiar with that sex since that time.'
- What do you think the general view of women in society was at the time?
- What impact do you think James VI's tract had on everyday society in Scotland?
- Do you think this point of view made people trust the King more or less?
Because of the continuity of witch trials with those for heresy, it is impossible to say when the first witch trial occurred. Even though the clergy and judges in the Middle Ages were skeptical of accusations of witchcraft, the period 1300–30 can be seen as the beginning of witch trials. In 1374 Pope Gregory XI declared that all magic was done with the aid of demons and thus was open to prosecution for heresy. Witch trials continued through the 14th and early 15th centuries, but with great inconsistency according to time and place. By 1435–50, the number of prosecutions had begun to rise sharply, and toward the end of the 15th century, two events stimulated the hunts: Pope Innocent VIII’s publication in 1484 of the bull Summis desiderantes affectibus (“Desiring with the Greatest Ardour”) condemning witchcraft as Satanism, the worst of all possible heresies, and the publication in 1486 of Heinrich Krämer and Jacob Sprenger’s Malleus maleficarum (“The Hammer of Witches”), a learned but cruelly misogynist book blaming witchcraft chiefly on women. Widely influential, it was reprinted numerous times. The hunts were most severe from 1580 to 1630, and the last known execution for witchcraft was in Switzerland in 1782. The number of trials and executions varied widely according to time and place, but in fact no more than about 110,000 persons in all were tried for witchcraft, and no more than 40,000 to 60,000 executed. Although these figures are alarming, they do not remotely approach the feverishly exaggerated claims of some 20th-century writers.
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