A Who's Who of Witches

Howe'er you come to know it,--answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders' heads; Though palaces and pyramids do slope Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure Of Nature's germens tumble all together, Even till destruction sicken; answer me To what I ask you. --Shakespeare, Macbeth (IV i 52-60)

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.

Witches, Wizards, Alchemists, and Mages

Out of the thousands who were executed for witchcraft during the burning times, only a fraction are known by name and deed. Nonetheless, more names are discovered all the time. Many others were not tried for witchcraft, but lived somewhat respectable (albeit prone to gossip) lives as wizards, alchemists, physicians, astrologers, scientists, or church officials. All had a reputation for the use of magic.

For bibliographical information, please click on the bracketed hyperlinks throughout each listing.

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 The Stedinger--Political Witches Elizabeth Style Johannes Trithemius Eleanor Tuchet John Walsh Adam Weishaupt Jane Wenham John Wierus Christina Wilson Zlito

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