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Witchcraze - Sceptical authors

What was the name of Reginald Scot's book?

The Discoverie of Witchcraft 1584

What was the name of Samuel Harsnett's book?

The Discovery of Fraudulent practices of John Darrell 1599

What is the name of Thomas Ady's book?

A Candle in the Dark 1656

What is the name of John Webster's book?

The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft 1677

What is the name of Balthazar Bekker's book?

The Enchanted World 1691

What was The Discoverie of Witchcraft's claims?

Believed witches were suffering from melancholia and delusions, not supernatural

What did King James do as a response to Discoverie of Witchcraft?

Write and Publish Daemonologie in 1597

What was the Discovery of Fraudulent Practices' claims?

Split into 5 sections on John Darrell's career, ended up starting a pamphlet war

A survey of people supposedly exorcised by Darrel

An outline of how Darrell instructed people to act possessed

William Somers' confession and Darrell threatening him to revoke it

Discrediting Somers' fits of extraordinary strength and fluency in greek and latin

Details how Darrell told Darling yo act possessed

What was A Candle in the Dark's claims?

Using the bible as a source to counter those who used it to justify hunts

Describes the definition of a witch as a deciever, false prophet, communicating with the dead, astrologers, charm users, jugglers

Explains scripture has been misenterpreted, catholics first to kill for their religion

Criticizes works encouraging hunts, particularly Daemonologie for referencing no scripture

What were The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft's claims?

Written in response to claims that witch hunts were legitimate, said beliefs not founded in the bible should be disregarded

Witches exist but not supernatural, cause harm of own free will

Blamed Mompesson for the Demon Drummer case

Blamed Robinson for Pendle Swindle, said he instructed his son to accuse people

What were The Enchanted World's claims?

Used bible as a primary source, said every witchcraft case had a deception

Argued the Devil couldnt possess people without a physical body, and he was under the power of God

When was The Discoverie of Witchcraft published?

1584

When was the Discovery of Fraudulent Practices published?

1599

When was A Candle in the Dark published?

1656

When was The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft published?

1677

When was The Enchanted World published?

1691

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