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 England's 17th century witch chronicles put online

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Extralien
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PostSubject: England's 17th century witch chronicles put online   Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:33 pm

Found this and thought it was a rather nice little article to go towards future investigations.. might find something of use in it at least..

Have not had chance to read it yet but we never know what we might find in it.

Quote:

LONDON - A 350-year-old notebook which documents the trials of women convicted of witchcraft in England during the 17th century has been published online.

The notebook written by Nehemiah Wallington, an English Puritan, recounts the fate of women accused of having relationships with the devil at a time when England was embroiled in a bitter civil war.

The document reveals the details of a witchcraft trial held in Chelmsford in July 1645, when more than a hundred suspected witches were serving time in Essex and Suffolk according to his account.

"Divers (many) of them voluntarily and without any forcing or compulsion freely declare that they have made a covenant with the Devill," he wrote.

"Som Christians have been killed by their meanes," he added.

Of the 30 women on trial in Chelmsford, 14 were hanged.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/214594/englands-17th-century-witch-chronicles-put-online

Here is the link to the digitized book they mention..
http://enriqueta.man.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/view/search;jsessionid=B7E8D485BCF5011D7BF1414B289BD76A?search=Search&sort=Reference_Number%2CImage_Sequence_Number%2CPage%2CTitle&q=wallington&QuickSearchA=QuickSearchA&pgs=50&res=1&cic=Manchester~91~1

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PostSubject: Re: England's 17th century witch chronicles put online   Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:49 am

Hi Steve
Wow!....Ive had a little look at that note book some really interesting stuff in there cromwell was a busy man wasn't he!
Im amazed that its so easy to read and the English has not change that much to this day steve really great find!...Im going to have more of a read later today
Well at lest Rebecca West..lived and didn't go the way of the other 14 women.

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PostSubject: Re: England's 17th century witch chronicles put online   Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:08 am

Oh, wow, Steve!

I will definitely read through it. Who knows, we might be able to use it in the future or get some references from it.

Great find!

Hella

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PostSubject: Re: England's 17th century witch chronicles put online   Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:49 pm

Thanks Smile

What's really odd is that i was searchin for news about a meteorite that hit land in the philippines the other night..

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PostSubject: Re: England's 17th century witch chronicles put online   Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:13 pm

Good find find mate, I'm definitely going to be looking through this, so sad what happened to these unfortunate souls in those days
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PostSubject: Re: England's 17th century witch chronicles put online   Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:04 am

I agree it makes a fascinating read , just makes you wonder what else they did in those days .

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