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Witch Trials in Britain


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Join us this week as we discuss the history of witches and the witch trials in England and Scotland primarily under James VI/I


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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Goodare, Julian. A Royal obsession with black magic started Europe’s most brutal witch hunts. National Geographic, 17/10/2019, (Accessed 14/0/2023)

James VI of Scotland’s ‘Daemonologie’, National Library of Scotland, 2023, (A
ccessed 14/10/2023)


“Why Was King James I Obsessed With Witch Trials? | The Trials Of The Pendle Witches | Timeline”. YouTube video. Posted by “Timeline - World History Documentaries”. 12th August 2017. (Accessed 14/10/2023

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