The Man Behind Britain's Brutal Witch Hunts

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The Man Behind Britain's Brutal Witch Hunts | A Century Of Murder

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Ай бұрын

James I's son, Charles, had almost entirely ended the hunting and execution of witches in Britain. But then the Civil War engulfed England, and Charles lost control. These uneasy conditions gave one man, Matthew Hopkins, the perfect opportunity to start a crusade against innocent women accused of witchcraft.
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@Garbeaux. Ай бұрын

Gotta admit, Witchfinder General is one hell of job title.

@atlantic_love Ай бұрын

Reminds me of the job I just left. So much gossip there. I was literally accused at least once a month of not finishing this paperwork, or turning in that paperwork. So much so, that I made copies of everything with my signature on it. Why did they try to make me leave? Because they thought I should just "suck it up buttercup" and put up with slandering and being treated like I'm incompetent. They didn't like the fact that I found a way to protect myself.

@elizaleroux9173 Ай бұрын

That sounds frustrating.. hopefully you will find some better job.

@user-bl6vb3vk5q Ай бұрын

This is harressment you should go to the labor board

@TheIndependentLens Ай бұрын

Vincent Price did a movie about this called “The Witchfinder General.”

@JoshuaOlasoji Ай бұрын

The interaction with the audience feels so personal.

@austind9675 Ай бұрын

Helps that the host is both smart and gorgeous!

@MythicTales993 Ай бұрын

The content is very detailed and easy to understand. Extremely helpful for beginners like me!

@Mercmad Ай бұрын

A note from History... Hopkins ,Witch finder General .." And you have a Cat?! Blackadder " yes" Witch finder general " and is it's name ,bubbles?" Blackadder " yes" Witch finder General " and would that be short for bealze bubbles?!!"

@austind9675 Ай бұрын

Toxic!

@victoriacreager Ай бұрын

Nothing worse than for a man or woman to try and play God!

@afry6400 12 күн бұрын

He was only one of several, the most famous perhaps.

@forgottenfurbabies3315 Ай бұрын

Wow! So England suffered through their own Salem witch trials. Sad!

@Mercmad Ай бұрын

The Salem trials used The Witch Finder Generals work as a model.

@forgottenfurbabies3315 26 күн бұрын

@@Mercmad I believe it!

@afry6400 12 күн бұрын

@@Mercmad Actually other way around. There were witch triles off and on from the 1500s. This particular round was in the 1630-50. The Salem trials happened in 1692-93.

@EA-js1me 29 күн бұрын

This is what project 2025 wants back in the U.S.

@user-uu3uc5rm5i Ай бұрын

Ice cream for breakfast?

@pocholiss Ай бұрын

Creativity knows no bounds here. Keep pushing the envelope!

@Odin33356 Ай бұрын

I'm surrounded by witches.

@TheIndependentLens Ай бұрын

You are, but you spelled the name wrong.

@Odin33356 Ай бұрын

@@TheIndependentLens congrats on the footballs, fentanyl and Elons new airplane design

@TheIndependentLens Ай бұрын

@@Odin33356 you still spelled the name wrong.

@user-bl6vb3vk5q Ай бұрын

Besides this horrible part of his reign. But was king James I was he a good king?

@edwardhoward-williams1692 Ай бұрын

This happened during Charles I reign, however James I was actually quite a successful King and had managed to keep a lid on the religious turmoil which was sweeping Europe at this point with the start of the 30 years war.

@user-bl6vb3vk5q Ай бұрын

@@edwardhoward-williams1692 king James came back from France and started the witch hunt because they were doing the hunt over in France he also wrote a little book on how to hunt, tell, and kill witched

@edwardhoward-williams1692 Ай бұрын

@@user-bl6vb3vk5qIn fact King James I had returned from Denmark to Scotland, he had travelled there regarding his marriage to Anne of Denmark. Yes he did write a book called Demonology. King James I was very much like other European Protestant rulers of the period as far as witchcraft is concerned, I don't believe he should be singled out for particular criticism. Circa 50,000 Witches were executed after trial in Europe, mostly in Germany and other Protestant regions.

@user-bl6vb3vk5q Ай бұрын

@@edwardhoward-williams1692 cool. I didn't know this. Very interesting 🙂

@edwardhoward-williams1692 Ай бұрын

@@user-bl6vb3vk5qIt is all very interesting. If you have watched this then do it is detailed study of the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612. Much of the Salem witch trials of the late 17th century were based on the actions taken in court with this case. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7eiqcRnt6fPkZ8.htmlsi=oBmt88OH-FFotJm0

@madelineschultz4968 Ай бұрын

You know what makes me angry? The men got the women to do their dirty work!

@afry6400 12 күн бұрын

For women in that time period it was leave the area, cooperate, or get accused..

@Unknown_123-n4l Ай бұрын

এনারা আমার উৎসবের বাড়ির সদস্য।দোতালা বাড়ি।নিচ তলায় আমরা থাকি অন্যদের পুন্য দান করি ভীষণ কষ্ট সহ্য করে।উপর তলায় থাকে সব ঘটনার দায় স্বীকার করে শাসকদের দায় মুক্তি।

@PaulStatz-xl3em Ай бұрын

Stearn and Hopkins sounds like a couple of Southern republicans in the American house of representatives

@kamz4576 Ай бұрын

They sound like modern northern Democrats to me.

@Mercmad Ай бұрын

@@kamz4576 Or Fulton County GA, elected members of a corrupt Judiciary. There are solid accounts of a major witch hunt going on there.

@afry6400 12 күн бұрын

@@kamz4576 Then you are not paying attention and checking into what they are saying. It is more a right wing extremist thing than left.

@kamz4576 12 күн бұрын

@@afry6400 I just love that it's always "right-wing extremists" and "left", but never "left-wing extremists" because you lot have a political narrative to push. Newsflash: There are extremists and ideological pandering a******s on BOTH sides! That was my point 3 weeks ago.

@haystack1313 Ай бұрын

he was the devil. That’s all u need to know.

@edwardhoward-williams1692 Ай бұрын

Whilst Hopkins and Stearne were evidently avaricious and demented religious zealots, the type which are common place in all societies and seen by the behavior during the Covid Pandemic, reporting people for imagined infringements of illegal laws for an imaginary disease, or Nazi Germany, Cambodia under Pol Pot etc. We should always remember that many of those hanged for witchcraft did believe they had real powers for good or bad and we do ourselves a disservice if we do not recognize this. A moaning blond with a nose ring pouting about injustice is no replacement for historical research, reading and study. Sadly a large majority of people seem to think it is.