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4 days ago · Language. English. In 15th century England, seemingly out of nowhere, four royal women were all accused of witchcraft. Joan of Navarre, Eleanor Cobham, Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville were alleged to have turned to dark arts to kill or influence the king... by people who wanted to use the accusations for their own politic.
Apr 25, 2024 · Wouldn’t you know it, rumours started flying around that the woman with the dragon eyes was maybe a witch. This was not just because of her supernatural beauty but because one of her ancestors was *allegedly* the water goddess Melusina, which meant that both Elizabeth and Jacquetta had genetic magical powers, and that’s why Edward fell ...
May 4, 2024 · The Woodvilles were a family synonymous with the Wars of the Roses and the rise of King Edward IV. Some of the more notable names from this family include Jacquetta Woodville, the family's matriarch, and Elizabeth Woodville, the controversial choice for King Edward IV’s wife. However, it was not just the women of the Woodville…
Apr 22, 2024 · Malleus maleficarum, detailed legal and theological document (c. 1486) regarded as the standard handbook on witchcraft, including its detection and its extirpation, until well into the 18th century. Its appearance did much to spur on and sustain some two centuries of witch-hunting hysteria in Europe.
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1 day ago · I have been studying and practicing the occult to varying degrees for most of my life now. My personal path has led me from being forcefully raised as a reluctant Mormon, to an agnostic wanderer studying all religions, to a witch and heathen (first in groups/covens then as a solitary) to a shamanic practitioner and now to just myself - an unaffiliated, unlabeled, godless worshipper of Nature ...
2 days ago · Luxembourgish ( / ˈlʌksəmbɜːrɡɪʃ / LUK-səm-bur-ghish; also Luxemburgish, [2] Luxembourgian, [3] Letzebu (e)rgesch; [4] endonym: Lëtzebuergesch [ˈlətsəbuəjəʃ] ⓘ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. [5] The language is a standardized language and ...
Apr 23, 2024 · A witch, as defined in the late 15th century, was a person who had commerce with the Devil, usually in the form of a pact. The list of evidence used to verify a witch was absurd: strange birthmarks, physical deformities, having an animal "familiar" such as a pet cat, the ability to float on water (one's innocence was proven by drowning ...
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