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the Persecuted - Coggle Diagram
the Persecuted
gender
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90% women accused in England - if men were accused they were usually connected to women who had previouly been acccused
e.g. alexander sussums - his wife had been accused
social status
how do age, gender and social status correlate?
typically, old women were targeted because they were seen as infertile and lacking a useful role in society
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religion
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in villages, people of different religions were seen as outsiders and not trusted
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age
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not only old women targeted but they make up a substantial portion of the accused e.g. Elizabeth Clarke
some historians have argued that accusations against children provoked disgust, leading to an end in witch trials
reputation
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often the women accused had been associated with immoral behaviour e.g. prostituiton, affairs, pre-marital sex
but not ususally severe crime e.g. murder, theft
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