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The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in Lancashire , and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft .
31 de jul. de 2019 · 10 min read. Perhaps the most notorious witch trial of the 17th century, the legend of the Pendle witches is one of the many dark tales of imprisonment and execution at Lancaster Castle. Twelve people were accused of witchcraft; one died while held in custody, eleven went to trial.
Ilustración de la novela The Lancashire Witches (1849) de William Harrison Ainsworth. Los juicios de las brujas de Pendle en 1612 forman parte de los procesos de brujas más famosos en la historia de Inglaterra y se encuentran entre los mejores documentados del siglo XVII .
12 de ene. de 2024 · So begins the first verse of Carol Ann Duffy’s 2012 tribute to the so-called Pendle witches – the eight women and two men who were sent to the gallows following one of the most sensational witch trials in British history. What caused the Pendle Witch Trials?
17 de ago. de 2011 · The witch trial that made legal history - BBC News. 17 August 2011. Anne Redferne and her mother Chattox were two of those accused of being Pendle witches. By Frances Cronin. BBC News. In...
The Pendle witches. In August 1612 ten people were charged with witchcraft and sentenced to death. The key witness in the case was a nine year old girl, and three of the people executed as a result of her testimony were her own mother, sister and brother.
From History of Lancashire, 1867 Thomas Baines. The true story of England's most famous Witch Trial, the confessions of the alleged Witches & how fear of Witchcraft survived into the 19th Century.
