Liber Poenitentialis
Set of 7th-century ecclesiastical laws applied to women – and only women – perfoming acts such as divination, raising storms, or murder by the use of magic.
Set of 7th-century ecclesiastical laws applied to women – and only women – perfoming acts such as divination, raising storms, or murder by the use of magic.
Methods used to identify witches.
Papal bull regarding witchcraft issued by Pope Innocent VIII on 5 December 1484.
Fairy-like creatures at the centre of a shamanistic Scottish cult that existed in the 16th century. Members claimed to be able to enter into a trance which allowed them to fly out at night on swallows, and join with the seely wights.
Ritual of a witch paying homage to the Devil by kissing his genitals, anus or feet.
1591 pamphlet describing the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, detailing the confessions given by the accused witches before King James VI.
Act of sorcery, historically usually performed by a witch, intended to cause harm or injury.
Broomsticks smeared with flying ointment were supposed to give witches the power of flight.
Series of Acts passed by the Parliaments of England and Scotland making witchcraft a secular offence punishable by death.
Sometimes dated 1736, an Act of Parliament that repealed the statutes concerning witchcraft throughout Great Britain, including Scotland.![]()
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Set of 7th-century ecclesiastical laws applied to women – and only women – perfoming acts such as divination, raising storms, or murder by the use of magic.