Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Who were the witches? (Age (Very little evidence relating to the age of…
Who were the witches?
Age
-
Many were targeted, including children
However a majority were over 50, which was an advanced age at the time
-
-
Women who were healers, nursemaids and midwives were often older
-
-
Society may have feared sexually experienced, mature women as the Devil appeared to them as an attractive young man which would have made them more likely to make a pact with him as they were considered to be more lustful
-
-
Marital Status
-
-
-
In a male society, women who were not subject to a father, husband or brother was a source of concern
The number of women who were unmarried was increasing as the plague and warfare had reduced the male population
-
Independent, poor women were of social concern
-
Married women could also be accused when she got involved in her husband's property disputes as they were often involved in their work so could be accused in rent/labour/possession of land disputes
Sex
-
In some regions such as Russia, the majority were men
-
-
-