Dbq Witchcraft Research Paper

Gathering of witch hunting tools, assembling of the town members and hanging of witches, are frequent rituals performed before the capturing of a soon to be executed witch. Town members between the centuries of 15th and 17th, considered witches an endangerment to their security, therefore demanding their execution. This created a sense of objection to Christianity, and created a sense for all town members to end witchcraft entirely in order to limit opposition of religion. Religion influences the people, over time economics determines people’s reaction and social habits were the leading causes for the termination of individuals believed to be witches. Major religions such as Calvinism, Lutheran and Catholicism believe that witchcraft was going against God and should be immediately
The common association to witchcraft is that women mainly perform witchcraft. As shown in document D2 an average of 80% of executed witches are women. This is evident because women are generally easier targets to convict because they are too weak to fight back. So an old senile woman would obviously be the easiest target to pursue. Apparent in document D1, typically accused witches are found with low education. For example the majority are laborers, which typically demand the lease amount of thinking, therefore making them unable to protect themselves in a debate. Torture is also very commonly used amongst the society in order to forcibly make the accused witch to confess. The major of Bamberg in Document A7 have seen the innocent being tortured. Without any hope of escape, the innocent end up confessing just to stop the pain. For example the witches in Macbeth were perfectly believable and began to stir the thinking of the people. These rituals became the necessary requirements in the execution of witches, in order to fulfill their duty to the