[Ansteorra] Floating Dons (was: GULF WAR WEATHER) (now witchcraft?)

[paul rieke]

As you say, depending on countries and periods, and what was involved in the charge. Anything to do with the king brought in the issue of treason. Burning seems to have been the usual punishment in Scotland and the Channel islands, where witchcraft (as opposed to heresy or treason!) was more likely to get you hanged in England. It seems to have been looked on as more of a "civil" crime  Making your neighbor's cow dry up versus making an "image" of the king . Treason and heresy were another story. I think the traditional female sentence for treason was burning or beheading, "at the king's pleasure", and I think that was the original sentence Anne Boleyn received. Less an issue of what you DID as opposed to whom it was directed? Ireland (Dame Alice Kyteler notwithstanding) seems to have been less troubled by witches...but as someone pointed out, they didn't need them , they had the English!
 
Fedelm ni Uidhir
 
Fedelm ni Uidhir

--- On Fri, 3/12/10, Peter Wohlers <donpieter at aol.com> wrote:


From: Peter Wohlers <donpieter at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Floating Dons (was: GULF WAR WEATHER)
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:37 PM


In which country and period do you base that information on? In the SCA period witches were burned at the stake most cases that I have studied. Being a witch was a blasphemy which was a crime against god. The inqusition burned witches and heritics. In France during the 14th century thousands of people were burned as witches which continued way past 1431 when Joan of Ark was burned. During the 15-17th centurys witches and heritics were burned in England and Scotland. The Holy Roman Empire (Germany) was burning witches before the 1200's. Post SCA period more hangings as well as drownings happened to witches but in period hanging was more punishment for a civil crime then a religious crime of witchcraft.

Also as a member of the order of the White Scarf and TRM Royal Inquisitor and Executioner or Persona I would let no harm come to HRM.

Don Pieter Rausch
RI&EoP

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On Mar 12, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Michelle Dodd <lygabrielerdb at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Besides which most "witches" were hung rather than burned. We won't let that happen to her either.
> 
> 
> Gabriele
>> 
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