2. Background Info Even though witchcraft as such was practiced mainly by experienced old women, men also practiced it. Witches were the mediators between the human beings and the mysterious super powers such as spirits and angels The witches prayed to the higher powers or the spirits for help and guidance in resolving the problem by performing certain rituals and the whole process was called witchcraft.

3. More Background Info Witchcraft, an earth based religion, was practiced in almost all the societies and cultures across the world according to local beliefs and traditions. It dates 40,000 years back to Paleolithic period, proved by the discovery of cave paintings which are estimated to be 30,000 years old. The word ‘Witchcraft’ has been derived from the word ‘Wicca’ which means ‘the wise one’. Video! http://www.spellandritual.com/witc hcraft-in-england-in-the-1600s/

4. Witchcraft has been seen as a magical phenomenon, a pagan worship or religion, sorcery, and others, at different periods in Witchcraft History. People suspected as witches were usually burned at stakes, and those pleading their innocence were either stoned to death or even sometimes thrown in water to prove their innocence. Witches usually faced severe and painful deaths or punishments.

5. Decline of Prosecutions Legal treatment of witchcraft, both the laws and court procedure, became extremely harsh and most of the time fatal. Amount of physical suffering in a society and the methods prescribed by that society to deal with it = too many deaths.

6. Decline of Prosecutions Changes in medical knowledge (how unfortunate things happen. Ex. Diseases and such) To blame a witch was to explain misfortune in personal terms. As such it competed with other explanations.

8. A Johann Albrecht Adelgrief Agnes Olmans Marigje Arriens B  Angéle de la Barthe Angéle de la Barthe  Mary Bateman Mary Bateman  Agnes Bernauer Agnes Bernauer  Bessie Dunlop Bessie Dunlop  Merga Bien Merga Bien  Lasses Birgitta Lasses Birgitta  Bridget Bishop Bridget Bishop  Giovanna Bonanno Giovanna Bonanno  Sidonia von Borcke Sidonia von Borcke  George Burroughs George Burroughs C Anne de Chantraine Michée Chauderon Nyzette Cheveron Elizabeth Clarke Giles Corey Martha Corey Helena Curtens D  Jean Delvaux (monk) Jean Delvaux (monk)  Elizabeth of Doberschütz Elizabeth of Doberschütz  Dorothee Elisabeth Tretschlaff Dorothee Elisabeth Tretschlaff  Thomas Doughty (explorer) Thomas Doughty (explorer)  Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis E  Mary Eastey Mary Eastey  Anna Eriksdotter Anna Eriksdotter F  Pappenheimer Family Pappenheimer Family  Matteuccia de Francesco Matteuccia de Francesco G  Jeane Gardiner Jeane Gardiner  Gilles Garnier Gilles Garnier  Gertrud Skomagers Gertrud Skomagers  Ann Glover Ann Glover  Peronne Goguillon Peronne Goguillon G cont.  Anna Göldi Anna Göldi  Sarah Good Sarah Good  Urbain Grandier Urbain Grandier  Bertrand Guilladot Bertrand Guilladot H Walpurga Hausmannin Katharina Henot Henry Gardinn Adrienne d'Heur Ann Hibbins Janet Horne Elin i Horsnäs Elizabeth Howe J George Jacobs, Sr. Johanne Jensens Johanne Thomes John Fian Margaret Jones (Puritan midwife) Märet Jonsdotter Johannes Junius K Ursula Kemp Kirsti Sörensdotter Anna Koldings Kolgrim Christenze Kruckow L  Leatherlips Leatherlips  Leonora Dori Leonora Dori M Margery Jourdemayne, "the Witch of Eye" Margherita di San Rocco Maria Renata Saenger von Mossau Susannah Martin Malin Matsdotter Petronilla de Meath La Voisin N  Northamptonshire witch trials Northamptonshire witch trials  Rebecca Nurse Rebecca Nurse N cont. Lisbeth Nypan O  Ole Nypan Ole Nypan P Anne Palles Alice Parker (Salem) Mary Parker Maria Pauer Anne Pedersdotter Pendle witches Elisabeth Plainacher Polissena of San Macario John Proctor Ann Pudeator Marketta Punasuomalainen R  Wilmot Redd Wilmot Redd  Catherine Repond Catherine Repond  Roger Bolingbroke Roger Bolingbroke  Jón Rögnvaldsson Jón Rögnvaldsson S Agnes Sampson Anna Schnidenwind Soulmother of Küssnacht Gyde Spandemager Maren Spliid Stedelen T Mechteld ten Ham W Agnes Waterhouse Thomas Weir Sarah Wildes John Willard Witches of Belvoir Witches of Warboys Y Alse Young Z Barbara Zdunk Zhang Liang (Tang Dynasty) Anna Zippel Brita Zippel

9. Demonstration of Accusations