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Because back then they thought that witches were really bad people so the people who they thought were witches actually weren't it was just a disease that people were getting from eating really moldy bread.
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∙ 12y agoSince when does hanged after a legal trial in civil court with a guilty verdict translate to "harshly murdered." And none of them were actually witches.
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Why did Matthew Hopkins kill over 300 women?
He was a 'witch hunter'. He designed tests to find out if women were witches or not, but most, if not all of his tests led to death either way. This meant that whoever was accused of being a witch, no matter how stupid the reason, the were killed in whatever test the 'witch hunter' chose to use.
What were the methods of being killed during the Salem Witch Trials?
Hanging
Old women and widowed women are the victims of the Salem Witch Trial?
In some cases, like Rebbecca Nurse's, that is true. But younger and married women were also executed. Six men were killed as well.
How many men and women were killed during the Salem witchcraft trails how were they killed?
Nineteen people, fourteen women and five men, were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch panic. Another was pressed to death during court proceedings.
Why were women in the Tudor times accused of being a witch?
old inncoent woman got accused of being a witch because of silly reason and because they ant got the technology that we have today to help them.
Why did Matthew Hopkins kill over 300 women?
He was a 'witch hunter'. He designed tests to find out if women were witches or not, but most, if not all of his tests led to death either way. This meant that whoever was accused of being a witch, no matter how stupid the reason, the were killed in whatever test the 'witch hunter' chose to use.
What is the Salem witch events?
I don't know exactally the date, but people were accuesd of and killed for being a witch
What were the methods of being killed during the Salem Witch Trials?
Hanging
Why did people go to witch executions?
to show that their not witches and that they weren't included with the witch everyone was scared for their lives and if you didn't turn up you were blameed of either being involved with the burned witch or a witch yourself so it's either watch people being killed or or get killed yourself which one would you rather do?
Why were women in England in the 1800s accused of being a witch?
they were beautiful or were attractive and people crops may have not grew and they randomly said someone is a witch most women were picked
What is the witch burnings?
The witch burnings were a period of time from 1480 to 1750 where women were accused of being witches and burned at stake.
What do women bombers get for being a suicide bomber?
Killed
What are some examples of modern day witch hunts?
There are witch hunts in part of Sub-Saharan Africa. India is another place that still practices witch hunts. In 2010, India had an 150 and 200 women killed during witch hunts.
What groups were particularly vulnerable to the witch hunts?
Women. In the middle ages, they were generally considered to be far more vulnerable to evil and corruption than men, which led to the vast majority of the people killed during the witch hunts to be female. Theoritically though, nobody was safe from being accused of witchcraft.
What was the 'swimming of the witches'?
'The swimming of witches' was when a women, accused of being a witch, was dragged down a river.
Old women and widowed women are the victims of the Salem Witch Trial?
In some cases, like Rebbecca Nurse's, that is true. But younger and married women were also executed. Six men were killed as well.
How many men and women were killed during the Salem witchcraft trails how were they killed?
Nineteen people, fourteen women and five men, were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem witch panic. Another was pressed to death during court proceedings.
