While both men and women have historically been accused of the malicious use of magic, only around 10–30% of suspected witches were men by the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • GorkEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Would a good defense to this, realistically speaking, for her to become active in the local church? Even if such support is completely faked?

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      At the time witchcraft was a crime in England.

      Being able to quote the bible from memory was consider a defence.

      While the UK has a history of laws against witchcraft. It really was rarely beleaved by our judicial system. So even in fudal times. Most judges were happy for a reason to exclude the cases.

      Germany was more known for killings. (They happened in the UK. But were rare and normally not legally sanctioned)

      England has more of a history of killing catholics etc. In fact until a few years ago. Our King or Queen were banned from marrying catholics.