Normally to be burned at the stake or tortured then have their heads cut off.
It was often used to put accused witches to death.
None, for two reasons. First, none of the executed were actually witches by any definition. Second, in Puritan New England, witchcraft was a capital crime, thus the punishment for witchcraft was hanging.
The reasons why punishment was important was to, 1. keep the peasents in control and make sure they didn't do anything stupid 2. make sure that there were no witches to curse the king or king's people 3. To keep the king safe from anything
they died
Samlesbury witches happened in 1612.
They were burned at the stake, drowned etc. It depends on which country it was, for instance Spain had a vast array of torture devices for witches.
It was often used to put accused witches to death.
you were thrown off a mountain or hung or drowed or the made you eat your own eyeballs
The punishments for being a witch were hanging, possible drowning, burning at the stake and and being thrown off a cliff.
None, for two reasons. First, none of the executed were actually witches by any definition. Second, in Puritan New England, witchcraft was a capital crime, thus the punishment for witchcraft was hanging.
Witches who were convicted (either by townspeople or by a Church authority) were usually burned at the stake. Many of the "trials", however, were heavily biased against the defendants. Tests included throwing the witch into a river or pond; if she floated she was guilty.
The reasons why punishment was important was to, 1. keep the peasents in control and make sure they didn't do anything stupid 2. make sure that there were no witches to curse the king or king's people 3. To keep the king safe from anything
It should be witches'. Example: Witches' brooms
First they dance in the woods, and rather than accept punishment for their forbidden behavior, they accuse others of witchcraft, claiming witches forced them to dance.
what are a group of witches called
During the Middle Ages, the pope issued a bull which banned the use of torture for getting confessions or punishment. To the best of my knowledge, it was never actually sanctioned prior to that time either. The idea of used of physical punishment to gain forgiveness might have arisen for the punishment of heretics and witches in the Late Middle Ages, and might have been accepted on a widespread basis as the Renaissance went into the witch hysteria, but that was mostly after the Middle Ages.
there are called witches same goes for male witches.