What new witchcraft law did King James I introduce in 1604?

Answer 1

The new act's full title was:

"An Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft and dealing with evil and wicked spirits."

2. Witches and magic would have been blamed for things that people could not explain. For example, primitive and pre-industrialised people had little medical and scientific knowledge as we understand it today. They knew that people got ill and died, crops failed and other bad things happened but they didn't really understand why. So when something bad or tragic happened, ie the harvest failed, a man's herd of sheep took ill and died, a woman had a miscarriage or a person had an accident and was killed or injured, "witchcraft" was a way to explain these things. People thought witches were illusions of the devil. They thought they could cause illness, accidents in society and death. also known as bad omens.

3.James's visit to Denmark, a country familiar with witch hunts, may have encouraged an interest in the study of witchcraft, he also was interested in witchcraft because in the 17th century they felt very strongly about witches, also the people were very religious and they believed witches were the devils children.

4. I believe the name of that book was Daemonologie, full name: (Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogie, Diuided into three Bookes. By James Rx) In the book he approves and supports the practice of witch hunting.

5. people accused of witchcraft were often tortured to exact confession but those who refused to confess were put to an ordeal. A variety of ordeals were available. One of the commonest was to throw the accused into a deep pool of water. If the person drowned he or she was ruled innocent, but anyone who survived was convicted and then hanged (in England) or burned alive (elsewhere) Another ordeal that was commonly used was to have the accused pick up a red hot iron bar. Only if the person's hand remained unburned were they regarded as innocent. anyone accused of witchcraft might also be prosecuted by the Inquisition if they said or did anything that directly conflicted with the church's teachings.

Answer 2

In 1604, King James I introduced the Witchcraft Act, which made the practice of witchcraft a felony in England punishable by death. This law was part of a series of witchcraft acts and statutes aimed at suppressing the perceived threat of witchcraft in society during that time.