Father Louis Gaufridi (also spelled Ludovico Gaufridi) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a central figure in a famous witchcraft trial that took place in the 17th century. This trial, known
Doctor John (19th century) Famous American witch DOCTOR, Doctor John (also called Bayou John and Jean Montaigne) was a free black man who owned slaves in antebellum New Orleans. A huge man, Doctor John claimed he was a prince in
James I (1566–1625) king of Scotland and England who strengthened anti-witch laws in 1604. James’ own beliefs about witchcraft reflected the popular views of the day, and while he permitted prosecutions of
Innocent VIII, Pope (1432–1492; r. 1484–1492) Giovanni Batista Cibo, elected pope in 1484, issued what has been termed one of the most important documents in the history of the Church’s fight against
Increase Mather (1639–1723) Illustrious Puritan minister and intellectual who viewed witchcraft and supernatural happenings as evidence of God’s growing displeasure with New England. While his son, Cotton Mather, became a strident witch-hunter,
Pierre deLancre (1550?–1631?) Infamous French witch-trial judge who terrorized the Basque region, sent an estimated 600 persons to their deaths at the stake and compiled detailed accounts of alleged infernal activities at
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) was a native of Salem, Massachusetts, and one of the great masters of American fiction, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote one of his best-known works, The House of Seven Gables, perhaps
James VI and I (1566–1625) King of both Scotland (as James VI) and England (as James I) and a persecutor of witches, whom he believed to be the servants of the Devil.
Reginald Scot: The Voice of Reason Against the Witch Hunts Reginald Scot was an English writer and one of the few outspoken critics of the witch persecutions during the darkest period of
Weyer, Johann (1515–1588) was a Dutch physician who argued against the witch hysteria and the alleged workings of the Devil through people and Pacts. Johann Weyer accepted the existence of Demons and
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