Essay On Renaissance Witchcraft

Witchcraft during the Renaissance opened new cognitive ideas about the supernatural for the people of that time. The printing press, one of the tools responsible for learning back then, was invented by a witch of the Renaissance; Johannes Gutenberg. With this new invention, books and bibles containing religion were printed. Because of this, it led to the witch trials of the 15th and 16th centuries. With the curiosity of the renaissance, astrology, alchemy, and magic became widely discussed and furthered these trials. To prevent witchcraft during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the 1562 Elizabethan Witchcraft Act was passed. Uncanny events that would take place during these times were often blamed on witches. They were always accused of being the reason people died from diseases, when houses were burnt down, when there was a bad harvest, or
There were white and black witches. The “White” witches were those that sought to help others with their magic, instead of doing harm. The “Black” witches were those that used their magic to bring upon sickness to the people, worship the devil, and hurt people. Black witches were not actually colored, they just have the name. This could have caused confusion and every colored person seen would be perceived as a black witch. This had an impact on our society today because discrimination is a big problem. Back in the day when there was slavery, colored people were considered evil, and being a colored woman was the ultimate low. I blame the witchcraft during the renaissance simply because it aided the come up of the idea of separation and segregation between different people with different labels with deeper meanings. In my opinion the witchcraft trials are an example of modern day genocide. The main target of the trials during the Elizabethan time was to get rid of all witches because they were different. It could have been one of the first real forms of