Warboys witch trials (1593)
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The Warboys witch trials of 1593 were a notorious late-Elizabethan English witchcraft case in which members of the Samuel family were accused, convicted, and executed, becoming one of the most famous witch trials in England.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Warboys witch trials (1593) canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
criminal trial
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historical event ⓘ witch trial ⓘ |
| accused |
Agnes Samuel
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Alice Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ John Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | common law of England ⓘ |
| charge | witchcraft ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinTopic | late-Elizabethan period ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| documentedIn | The Most Strange and Admirable Discoverie of the Three Witches of Warboys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | publication of pamphlets about the case ⓘ |
| genreOfSources | contemporary pamphlet literature ⓘ |
| hasCause |
accusations of bewitching members of the Throckmorton family
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belief in demonic possession ⓘ |
| hasEffect | reinforcement of witchcraft prosecutions in England ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalInterpretation |
case illustrating gendered nature of witchcraft accusations
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example of social and religious tensions expressed through witchcraft accusations ⓘ |
| hasPart |
trial of Agnes Samuel
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trial of Alice Samuel ⓘ trial of John Samuel ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | English witchcraft statutes ⓘ |
| legalStatus | capital crime ⓘ |
| location |
England
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Huntingdonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Warboys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Samuel family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodOfExecution | hanging ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of the most famous witch trials in England ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on contemporary and later views of witchcraft
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severity of sentences ⓘ |
| partOf |
English witch trials
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witch hunts in early modern Europe ⓘ |
| perpetrator | English judicial authorities ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1593 ⓘ |
| result |
conviction of the accused
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execution of the accused ⓘ |
| significantFor |
development of English witchcraft jurisprudence
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late Elizabethan attitudes to witchcraft ⓘ popularization of belief in witchcraft in England ⓘ |
| temporalContext | early modern period ⓘ |
| under | reign of Elizabeth I of England ⓘ |
| victim | Samuel family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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