Witchcraft in Tudor Times

[@patmccoy8758]

While researching my family history, I discovered that one of my ancestors was accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials. Fortunately, she survived.

[@CaliWeHo]

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[@brianfinnegan664]

I knew there was something about you

[@keithschuebel1653]

So was one of mine and Sarah Jessica Parker had a family member too

[@Ann_Miller_Proves_GOD]

*2 - EviL DeMonic Forces: WhiteRose vs Red Rose, 1455 - 87* (Both Sides=> EngLish & Worshippers of the JesusDeMon) *Nazis vs Soviet Union, 1941 - 1945* *To Me, I BeLieve this PROVES JeHoVah GOD!!!*

[@Ladybug-uf7uh]

Thank You: nothing is much different different today regarding "magic"; I appreciate you pointing that out. Your pumpkin lights are just right for the season and your "smokey" intro is very cool. My own grandmother planted "by the moon": some plants grew better when planted in certain phases of the moon than others and vice versa. She was very upset when someone pointed out that what she was doing was considered "pagan". She always considered herself a "good christian woman who would never do such things!".

[@margielee2088]

I've heard that the gravitational pull of the moon affects moisture in the soil much like it affects the tides. Basically full moons pull water closer to the surface helping plants to root. Don't know if that's true but that would mean your grandmother was using what God gave her and not being a "pagan".

[@daver8521]

I think it is very important to make a distinction between Tudor and Stuart times. Very few people were executed for witchcraft in Tudor times. Under the Tudors, those found guilty were likely to be fined or whipped. But when James I took the throne, the execution of witches became commonplace, as it had been in Scotland.

[@doctorgoodguy1]

Good point!

[@carolmahar3]

My 9th great grandfather, Samual wardwell was hung for witchcraft in 1692 in Salem, and other people in my family were accused but they got away. I think the Salem trials were a huge sham to get their properties and what they did to sams family was awful...they put the younger children with other families, accused his wife and step daughter of witchcraft and threw them in jail (they were released a year later) , and then took everything!! Sam wasn’t a witch but a Quaker, and he read palms for fun but sometimes his stuff came true which was unfortunately his to his demise!! He was an architect building up Salem town and he liked to have fun, and the richest widow in town married him, but the puritans were jealous of him cos they didn’t think he deserved that! His son went back years later and sued the town and cleared his dads name...which I’m very glad he did!

[@EC2019]

"Own feces mixed with honey to apply to an abscess on the tonsils" ......that's enough dinner today, I'm not hungry anymore.

[@CaliWeHo]

😱😱🤣🤣🤣

[@maryannlockwood7806]

E C 😝

[@kristingrace63]

Lol

[@6falconsue]

I hope that is not going to be an apertif on your witchcraft and medicine tour. Fortunately my tonsils were surgically removed 65 years ago and I haven't missed them a bit :)

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

Wouldn't that so called " remedy for tonsil abscess " have made the illness worse?

[@jeanroughley1126]

My 12th Great Grandmother is Jane Hawett Bulcock, one of the Pendle witches. Her son, John was also hanged.

[@Lornicopia]

Also,I just noticed the pumpkin lights! Oh my God! I love them!

[@briansmith9439]

In my distant family, a charge of witchcraft was leveled at Jane Southworth, the mother of the heir to the estate in an attempt to keep the property under the control of a Roman Catholic member of the family (she and her deceased husband had converted to the Anglican church). She was one of the Samlesbury witches, a proceeding that ran almost concurrently with the Pendle witch trials. Previous lords had steadfastly remained Catholic (and watched as Elizabeth I stole 75% of the personal property and a like amount of the real estate of the manorial lands). Her accuser was her husband's uncle, who was a Catholic priest in 'hiding'. It's interesting to hear Englands classification of witches as, in Jane's case, the charges were based on a Continental concept of witchcraft which was so completely foreign to English magistrates that the charges were dropped after a day at trial (but after Jane had suffered in Lancaster castle prison for 6 weeks while her 10-year-old son was taken from her by the family). Many years ago I read a great research paper that made the connection between the persecution of women, in general, and midwives in particular and the rise of the medical profession, theorizing that much of the killing was done to eliminate competition of male doctors at the expense of female midwives.

[@davidkgreen]

Land I believe was the root of many of the accusations of witchcraft .The accusers would steal the accused older widows land after they were burned.Just good old fashioned greed and avarice,nothing really changes.

[@brucetucker4847]

@@davidkgreen That was why a lot of individuals were singled out to be accused, but the belief in witches was very real.

[@peachymeechie1844]

What a wonderful and fitting talk! I absolutely love hearing about witches and witchcraft from Tudor and Stuart times. I find all things of that nature very fascinating! Thank you so much for today's talk Ms. Claire the witch! 😜

[@gabrieladerre2862]

It is all very fascinating! I myself have had a lifelong interest in the subject, as well as all things pertaining to world religions and spiritualists, both historical and modern! It's one of the things that make me grateful that I grew up in the country, with little to do, and learned to love reading at a young age. I know one person, one of the very best, most lovely (inside and out) people that I've ever met, who I'd consider for sure to be a "real witch," among the dozens I've met or known who claim to be such. Talking to him, and spending time with him, is always very interesting, as he probably has forgotten more on the subject than most people have ever known!

[@ReviveUK]

I love this thank you! I just visited Little Moreton Hall and saw the protective burns and symbols engraved on the timber. I am a holistic therapist so this fascinates me, I would have been on the hit list in these times.

[@peggyw172]

Thanks for this extra Tudor Goodie, Claire!

[@lbeckett8141]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! Always a pleasure and always enlightening!

[@daniellezykowska981]

The bell definatly adds charicter to your videos.😃

[@CindyLMunger]

Wonderful ...Simply Wonderful !!!

[@janetwebb2701]

Wonderful presentation.

[@codex3048]

Thanks. I just ordered a book on the Pendle witches.

[@AshleyLebedev]

I loooooooove when you speak on the occult and surrounding topics in medieval history.

[@facetofacewithshell]

Excellent as always...Happy Halloween x

[@joansmith3296]

Thank you Claire. I never cease to be intrigued by your videos, especially this one. We women have always had a much tougher time of it haven't we? Due to the colossal ignorance and fear of men in most cases. We don't get burned at the stake anymore but we still seem to battle the ignorance and fear. But this lesson really was fascinating.today.

[@darlenefarmer5921]

Thank you.

[@TheAjjupiter]

rabbit brains? Feces with honey? Oh my, it's a wonder anyone lived back then. I find the witch hunts interesting. I've read quite a bit on the Salem witches but, not so much from the Tudor era. Looks like I need to go to Amazon. Thanks for another great talk. Enjoyed this one!

[@nancybeveridgetaylor3256]

Oh, Claire Ridgeway, you are so delightful!!

[@karenballard7470]

Was the inquisition active during Mary's reign? Just watched your video on witchcraft. It's so sad . All those people and mostly women 😥.

[@alexandrasadler4299]

I’m so interested in your house! I’ve heard you mention that it is something like 300 years old. You have bells ringing and a lush patio with a view. Looks very cool.

[@anneboleynfiles]

Thank you! Yes, it dates back to the mid 17th century.

[@Ann_Miller_Proves_GOD]

@@anneboleynfiles *2 - EviL DeMonic Forces: WhiteRose vs Red Rose, 1455 - 87* (Both Sides=> EngLish & Worshippers of the JesusDeMon) *Nazis vs Soviet Union, 1941 - 1945* *To Me, I BeLieve this PROVES JeHoVah GOD!!!*

[@samanthafinn4544]

Thank you for another interesting video Claire.

[@scarletibis3158]

Excellent ty! btw the film THE WITCH is absolutely a masterpiece.

[@brucetucker4847]

It's a common misconception that witch-hunting and witch trials were a medieval phenomenon, but that couldn't be further from the truth. With-hunting was a Renaissance and early modern preoccupation, not a medieval one. Witch trials were extremely rare before the late 15th century, and where witchcraft was prosecuted (usually locally and informally) punishments tended to be fairly light, a switching or a day in the stocks or something like that. That's because the medieval Church held that the Devil lacked the power to give witches the powers they were later came to have, and anyone who believed they had such powers was delusional rather than actually being an agent of Satan. In fact, the belief that witches could possibly be real was defined as heresy by the medieval Church (They did believe in superstitions like charms and astrology, but at that time those were generally not seen as having anything to do with the Devil - particularly astrology, since they believed that the heavenly bodies moved according to God's will and therefore any messages that could be divined from their motions must have been sent by God.) The more Manichaean view of the world being at war between God and the Devil, with witches as the Devil's agents on earth and good Christians having the duty to fight a war against the Devil and his agents, was an early modern one. The practice of witchcraft, rather than the belief that it was possible to be a witch, came to be seen as heresy. It went hand-in-hand with the Reformation, although it was quickly adopted by the Catholic Church as well. Luther was a particularly fervent believer in witches and the necessity of finding and destroying them.

[@annamcuthbert3993]

very interesting x

[@cherylreed7523]

Really enjoyed this Claire...thankyou so much for all your work...have spent the week with my brother...we love this time of year...Fasinating subject 😁

[@Danielle-mg5lf]

Uh oh.....I. Have a big white circular birthmark on my lower back 🙀🙀🧝🏼‍♀️ .......would that mean I would be considered a witch in Tudor times!?! Or maybe it would mean I would be a white witch since it says according to superstition white birthmarks mean you were blessed by god. LoL. I love your talks and books, keep up the good work Claire! 😸

[@chiaroscuroamore]

Wow 3 videos in one day! You’ve made my week!! The history of witchcraft is a complex and rather sad history. I shudder to think of all the women (& the men) who were killed due to being seen as a witch. I wonder what would have changed in history had no witch trials or witch hunts taken place. Another ‘what if’ scenario.

[@cindyrobinson3077]

Very interesting and sad

[@janyceimoto8750]

Definitely a result of fear. It’s interesting how the accusers were very much God believing people. I am very interested in these women who were wrongly accused. Thank you for sharing Claire!

[@brucetucker4847]

The early modern era was full of wars, plagues, famines, and other disasters - much of the latter two due to climate change that no one understood, much of the former to the collapse of institutions and common beliefs that had provided stability in the Middle Ages - and people needed some way to understand why these things happened. Religion provided a framework for the explanations and witches provided a convenient scapegoat.

[@Ann_Miller_Proves_GOD]

*2 - EviL DeMonic Forces: WhiteRose vs Red Rose, 1455 - 87* (Both Sides=> EngLish & Worshippers of the JesusDeMon) *Nazis vs Soviet Union, 1941 - 1945* *To Me, I BeLieve this PROVES JeHoVah GOD!!!*

[@eileen1820]

Lol 'Claire the Witch" 👻 👻 👻

[@Lornicopia]

I was just delving into genome editing last night. Also there is at home genome editing kits! My take away was this. First, in decades we will be looking at how we tried to cure cancers with the horror and delight that we look at medieval cures for illness. Second. We will have youtube episodes of dangers of the mellenial home, where we will astounded by how readily the average home owner advanced the research of gene therapy and all of it's pitfalls along the way to becoming safe and understood and used properly! Kind of like asbestos being the perfect fire retardent! Yet it can kill very slowly and is in everything! Yet,sometimes they get it very right. For instance,Metformin which is used to control diabetes and is a derivative of Lilac and has been used since pre Roman times as a cure for frequent urination. Some things work,and others are completely rediculous. But only time and observation will tell. Recently I read a paper in which the skin of mango causes cell death when introduced to HeLa cells. I'd rather eat a mango skin than rabbit brains or my own feces. But,it is all very fascinating and experimental!

[@thekingsdaughter4233]

They even _say_ they are _practicing_ medicine. Trial and error. Too bad when one gets the "error" end of the business, though...

[@redstar7292]

Can recommend Caliban and The Witch by Silvia Frederici. It goes into why witch trials and executions happened in a proto capitalist society.

[@purdycat15]

I know I be accused of witch craft if I was around back them . My health issues and my strange ability to gain most animals trust domestic or wild

[@michaelleblanc7283]

Nothing ever changes Thar's always some witches a needing' or a deserving' of proper burning or a good roasting' . . , see it every day in the news. : )

[@januarysson5633]

Michael LeBlanc Really. Do you live in Saudi Arabia?

[@mdlahey3874]

I'm sure you've said elsewhere, but I can't find it: What are the lovely bells that ring the hours and quarters sometimes, during your videos?

[@maryannlockwood7806]

🇺🇸 It’s awful what people did to midwives and healers & how they accuse them of dabbling in the black magic.🇬🇧

[@Lyndell-P]

🇦🇺 🦘 A most interesting video on a fascinating subject! At times - quite scary to actually think about and 'take in'! Nevertheless "thank you" Claire 💓👑👍

[@aimee2234]

These poor women... Thank you, Claire! xo

[@joelhunton8600]

Is anyone reminded of the witch smeller Pursuivant?

[@codex3048]

Weirdness is relative. A lot of what we do would be considered weird by people from Tudor times.

[@glorialange6446]

Excellent video! I think you are spot on, but you didnt mention that men were being accused because of business rivalry or land hungry accusers. Do you find no real evidence of this? I would think that even if not convicted, or if convicted but left alive, those persons so charged must have lived lives of fear and mistrust, or even having to leave their area of residence to be able to begin again... thanks Claire, as always.

[@briansmith9439]

That's exactly what happened in my family - the Catholic members did not want the manor lands to go to the Anglican heir so they tried to have his mother convicted of witchcraft which, besides killing her, would have barred her son from inheriting the estate.

[@ChristChickAutistic]

I've always said that if I had lived back then I'd have been hanged or burned as a witch. Left handed, into natural remedies, astrology, tarot, independent, and very very mouthy, lol!

[@brucetucker4847]

At that time tarot and astrology weren't really seen as the same as witchcraft. Their conception of witchcraft was concerned with making a pact with the devil, usually involving sex, and cursing people. White magic was more or less seen as stemming from the natural order of things and thus ultimately coming from God. Astrology in particular since it was God, not the Devil, who was believed to have ordained the movement of the heavenly bodies. However, being an independent and mouthy woman could definitely get you into hot water, especially if you contradicted the religious authorities!

[@ChristChickAutistic]

@@brucetucker4847 lolololol! Yep, my mouth gets me in trouble now, I can just imagine how bad it would have been for me then! Yeah, tarot wasn't really much of a thing then, and lots of rulers had their own astrologers, Elizabeth's Dr. John Dee comes to mind. Oh yeah, I have "witch's marks" too, weird stuff like having a tiny mole on my face since birth, I think, have to ask my mom, but it's been there as long as I can remember, and little hairs in the corners of my eyes, which I pluck, lol! Most women today would be considered mouthy to folks back then, lol!

[@amommamust]

Have a joyous empty frankfurter... you know, a happy hollow weeny!

[@Rog5446]

The main reason for witch trials was that those who reported a witch would get a share of their property if found guilty. The rest went to the judges.

[@universemadeofcreativity5820]

For some stupid reason my phone Refuse to play this video without problems downright skipping to the next video? no I'm not kidding too!

[@Rog5446]

Quote (12:40) I find it fascinating, how religion was such an integral part of peoples lives at this time, but so was superstition. What's the difference? After all, Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live is a religious preachment. (Exodus 22-18)

[@brianfinnegan664]

Read ken follett 'World without end' - harrowing

[@catherinefink9114]

people blamed whoever it was convenient to blame

[@lisaa.4667]

It was a way to get the land and other assets of the elderly widow next door.

[@tonnemiessek5924]

It doesn't help matters does it?

[@lemongrabloids3103]

You’d think if they actually believed people were witches that they could use their powers to escape imprisonment 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@pollydolly9723]

My grandmother would have been burned as a witch...being a poor woman in Catholic Ireland, she and her sister poorhouse workers soon realized that the church was for the power and use of men; so they practised protective spells and charms to help the sick. I think she was amazing and I wish I knew her.

[@irenaresman5138]

Did you exercise some charm? You will be surprised.

[@annettefournier9655]

Thanks Claire. I would have been hanged for sure. Being an herbalist and making home remedies, having a cafe au lait birthmark in the shape of a horses head in my lower leg would have been enough. Feces and honey? Yuck .

[@keithschuebel1653]

Theresa here and they always go for the ladies first unfair and wrong, weaker, the heck you say there would be no men with out the strength of a woman just to take the pain of childbirth and i am amazed I lasted as long as did when I had my 21 year old. Also so that the men can get there hands on a widowed ladies property if she would not sale it to them, I know because I had a family member accused in the Salem Mass witch hunt. A cousin or aunt to the one person I come from.

[@brucetucker4847]

You're confusing reality with what religious authorities 500 years ago preached. ;-)

[@slantedrib9118]

those muggles had the total wrong idea. poor hermione :(

[@jaymesguy239]

I also imagine such a large number of witches executed were women was because many of them wanted the fame of being a sort of 'martyr', but were really frustrated actresses. Powerless old women who could now get a little fame and some validation by making people fear them.

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

Wasn't anne boylen a witch

[@pinklady3885]

I always thought they tied the suspect up and threw her in the river... if she drowned she was a witch!?

[@rparry9165]

I believe they tied the left hand to the right ankle and threw the accused in the river. If they float, the devil is obviously helping them and so,they were a witch. If they drowned then they were innocent and god would take their soul to heaven. All very interesting

[@sandrahilton9122]

There was many different ways of "questioning" a witch. Water dunking, hot needles, crushing, to name a couple. Mankind has never been know to have a shortage of truly horrific ways to be cruel!

[@motorcitymangababe]

As a pagan with a protection charm for protestors in my window i love this. Im fascinated with tudor/stuart history and historical witch craft. I definitely would had been burned lmao.

[@DreamStalker2]

Hey what about autistic folks?!? Would they have the err gift?!?

[@rowenacook3021]

Do not forget that their familiar was killed too. Most of these were cats so with most of the cats gone rats could run loose

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

A single girl who was beautiful also could 've been accused of Witchcraft

[@sekichdawn3913]

What a bunch of Hocus Pocus 🤣🤗🤣🧙

[@nomduclavier]

... Define the difference between superstition and religion

[@Lyndell-P]

The subject of this video is of course "Witchcraft in Tudor Times"! That said - I will attempt to answer your question! The difference between Religion and Superstition is that "they differ in the belief of a community". cont... RELIGION is confined to worshipping Gods and devoting to them. SUPERSTITION is just a belief that relies on rituals performed over them. Superstitions are based on practices and supernatural happenings across the world. cont.... I am NO expert (far from it) but your question was interesting. ALSO the above is NOT my own interpretation - but from Research. I hope this assists in answering your question (to some extent). A fascinating subject indeed!

[@sharoncole8249]

💖👑👑💖xx

[@brianfinnegan664]

They won't be laughing at what we do now because we adhere to the scientific method, which works..

[@Deagle-lj7tv]

I pray that God will open your eyes to the evils of witchcraft. Hell is a very real place and anyone who doesn't repent and turn to Jesus for the forgiveness of their sons will end up there. Jesus says "I am the way, the truth and the life, no-one comes to the father but through me." Turn to Jesus Christ today and believe the gospel so that you can be saved. This life cannot give you the peace and happiness that you are searching for, only God can give you that. Therefore choose this day who you will serve for tommorow is never promised to anyone. God bless you

[@jeannebowes2898]

church mentioned then bell tolls!