The People of the Witchcraze

Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to th' rooky wood; Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, Whiles night's black agenst to their preys do rouse. -- Macbeth, III.ii.50-3

Disclaimer

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.

• Edmund Robinson. A lazy little boy turned story-teller and witch-hunter.
  
  
• From the Mouths of Babes: Children and Witchcraft. Age was rarely proof of evidence. Sometimes Hansel and Gretel were the wicked witches. (Updated July 23, 1998)
  
  
• Gilles de Rais: Serial Killer Extraordinaire. A witch-hunter's dream come true, the necromancer and necrophiliac de Rais did even nastier things than most witches were accused of.
  
  
• Judaism and Conspiracy Theories. The Jews made marvelous scapegoats. Background conspiracy theories which finally gave way to the witch hysteria.
  
  
• The Pappenheimers. The members of this destitute Bavarian family were the victims of an extensive witch-hunt.
  
  
• The Stedinger--Political "Witches". Learn the tragic fate of 13th-century German freedom fighters.
  
  
• A Who's Who of Witches. A list of alleged witches, mages, alchemists, and sorcerers. Some were respected citizens, others suffered horrid fates. This site contains such relevant details as their achievements and/or their punishments. (Updated July 5, 2000)
  A Who's Who of Witches Teofania di Adamo Agnes Cornelius Agrippa Jonet Allen Madeleine Amalaric Johannes Laurentius Anania Ansuperomin Arnold of Villanova Artephius Elias Ashmole Stevenote de Audebert Roger Bacon Marie Balcoin Ana Barbero Johann Conrad Barchusen Mary Bateman Marie Baten Madeleine Bavan J. Joachim Becher William Beckford David Beuther Bocal Roger Bolingbroke Guido Bonatti Mark Antony Bragadini Cagliostro Augustin Calmet Jerome Cardan Giacomo Casanova Benvenuto Cellini Anne Chattox J. C. Chymierastes Jane Clarke Bridget Cleary Gentien le Clerc Eleanor Cobham Osvaldus Crollius Sir Francis Dashwood Dr. John Dee Annis & George Dell Judt van Dorren Geillis Duncane Bessy Dunlop The Faerie Witch Dr. Johannes Faustus Giles Fenderlyn John Fian Nicholas Flamel Robert Fludd Dr. Forman Anthony Francis Jacques Gafferel Louis Gaufridi Alice Goodrich Isobel Gowdie Urbain Grandier Valentine Graterakes Isobel Grierson Robert Grosstête Guibourg Joan Harrison Walpurga Hausmännin Francis Stewart Hepburn Mary & Elizabeth Hicks Isaac of Holland Rabbi Jechiel Master John Margaret Johnson Abraham Joiner Heinrich Khunrath Lady Alice Kyteler John Lamb Marie Lamont Catherine La Voisin Raymund Lully Albertus Magnus Perrenon Megain Mme. de Montespan Pietro Mora Hector Munro Sylvain Nevillon Nostradamus The Osbornes The Pappenheimer Family Paracelsus Alison Pearson Peter of Abano Senelle Petter Guillaume de Postel Gilles de Rais Duc de Richelieu George Ripley Catherine Ross, Lady Fowllis Georgius Sabellicus Saint-Germain Agnes Sampson Johann Georg Schröpfer Michael Scot Mother Shipton Ebenezer Sibly Isobel Smith William Lord Soulis Elizabeth Style Johannes Trithemius Eleanor Tuchet John Walsh Adam Weishaupt Jane Wenham John Wierus Christina Wilson Zlito
• The Witch-Hunters. Matthew Hopkins, Cotton Mather, and other nice, friendly chaps (plus one woman). (Updated July 23, 1998)
  The Witch-Hunters Sir James Altham Pascual de Andagoya Angelo of Verona St. Thomas Aquinas John Bain John Balfour Bartolo Friar Bernardino Peter Binsfeld Jakob Bithner Bernhard Bitterlin Jean Bodin Henry Boguet Robert le Bougre Jacques du Boys Franz Buirmann Cumanus Lambert Daneau Martin Antonio Del Rio John Dick Prince Bishop von Dornheim Jean Duprat Prince-Bishop Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg Dr. Matern Eschbach Nicholas Eymeric Ulrich Felger Johann Baptist Fickler Girolamo Folengo Joseph Glanvill Edmund Grindal Francesco Maria Guazzo Bernard Gui Sir Matthew Hale Hans Georg Hallmayer Alexander von Haslang zu Haslangsreut Melcher Hauber Ulrich von Helfenstein Matthew Hopkins King James I Jean John Jewel Dr. Leonhard Kager Carl Kibler John Kincaid The Knights of the Teutonic Order Lewes Lavater Paul Laymann Martin Luther Walter Map Konrad von Marburg Cotton Mather Duke Maximilian I Simon de Montfort Thomas Naogeorgus John Parkhurst Mr. Paterson William Perkins King Philip IV Pope Alexander VI Pope Gregory IX Pope Innocent VIII Pope John XXII Remigius Edmund Robinson Nicholas Savin Jakob Sprenger John Stearne Gervaise of Tilbury Johannes Tinctorus Thomás de Torquemada Abbot Johann Trithemus Doctor Wangereck William V

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