Wallace Notestein (1878–1969)
Auteur van The English People on the Eve of Colonization, 1603-1630
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- 1878
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- 1969
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- United States of America
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- Wooster College (1900)
Yale University (Ph.D|1908) - Relaties
- Comstock, Ada (wife)
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Basic outline- the belief in witchcraft came from outside of England, was made a felony by James I, and gradually fell into disrepute. Many of those accused of witchcraft and hanged where defenseless crones the locals either wanted rid of or who really did do nasty stuff like poisoning, etc. The smart set eventually ridiculed the superstitious beliefs of country people and a few brave judges and clerics stopped the persecution. As the number of witch trials fell, the number of individual people charged with unlawful acts rose, making it seem like those despised old women and brutish men were scapegoats for a multitude of the sins of others.
Strikes me as curious that so many children pointed the finger at so many adults.
Notestein discounts all supernatural phenomena.… (meer)