The Torturous Acts Of England’s Most Notorious Witch Hunter
2,999A period of internal warfare and a paranoid king paves the way for a vigilante to rise to power. Join Dominique as she examines the life of Matthew Hopkins, a self-proclaimed witch hunter who turned entire villages against those accused of witchcraft, before torturing and killing them for a profit.
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STILLS
Woman Wearing A Derbyshire Brank Or Muzzle In The 17Th Century
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Two examples of Scold's bridles,probably dating from the 17th century. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890...
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Title Page Of Daemonology
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Scold's Bridle, late 16th century.
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The Hanging Of Four Witches
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Woman Burned At Stake For Witchcraft
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Puritan satire on William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury.
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A Dying Sinner Is Surrounded By His Family And Two Devils Whisper In His Ear
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Woodcut Of A English Witch Hanging
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Witch Hunting
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The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart
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Witch Hunting
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Witches Apprehended
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The punishment of immersion
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Tradition in Toulouse: Punishments during Middle Ages.
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Farmers In The Delivery Of Their Taxes To The Landlords
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Matthew Hopkins
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Mother Shipton (1488-c1560) prophesying the death of Cardinal Wolsey.
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Woodcut showing a witch shooting a man in the foot with an enchanted arrow made from a hazel wand
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The Trial of a Witch, 17th century Puritan America. Illustration for the play Giles Corey, Yeoman by Mary E Wilkins (Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman), American novelist and playwright. Wood engraving 1892.
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Drowning as a form of punishment.
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Waterboarding punishment.
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An Arrest for Witchcraft in the Olden Time
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EXTERNAL CREDITS
Dominique Dibbell
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