The following is an old article by the boss of the South Mountain Pirate. Everyone is accompanied by a movie, just to see what the witch is all about. As usual, seeing everyone reading together before, Nanshan boss is full of games.
In view of the strong demands of the vast gossip crowd, let's talk about the more attractive topic of witch identification.
The witch, a pervasive European legend, is similar to the old Chinese witch, and is the protagonist in almost all children's childhood stories. It has a very long history. There were so many wizards and witches in Charlemagne’s era that he had to issue an edict to expel them. But it really became crazy in the 12th-17th century, especially the 14-15th century. At that time, all of Europe Witches were all burned to death. In the 16th century, they were still fanatical. By the 17th century, the full set of witch identification system was perfected during the English Civil War, and reached its craziness, and has since declined.
This is surprising. The Puritans are more enthusiastic about the persecution of witches than others. The persecution of witchcraft in England started very late. In 1541, the British first stipulated the crime of witchcraft, but the Calvinists and the Lutheran Church The persecution of witches is particularly fanatical. They even brought this set to the New World. Their neighbor Indians were quite surprised at this: Are the British more guilty than the French, otherwise why are there so many witches and wizards among the British and the French? Isn't it in the middle?
The British’s fear of witches, James VI, was indispensable. He was born in Scotland, a place full of witchcraft legends, so he heard too many witchcraft stories since he was a child and mastered such a wealth of witchcraft knowledge that he even Published a book-"Demonology", he said in the book: Our time, my country is full of terrifying servants of the devil-witches and people who use witchcraft. As a loyal person, I have to work hard to complete this thesis. I hereby declare that writing this thesis is not to show off my knowledge and genius, but to answer two questions that exist in the minds of many people. That is, the commonly used attack methods of Satan and the pressure penalties for these attacks. According to God's Law, Civil Law, Royal Law, and places in various Christian countries, should witches be executed? Yes. Not punishing those who were condemned to God and letting them live is not only illegal, but legally speaking, it is a crime, like letting a tiger go back to the mountain.
The king himself performed the sword, and the power of nature was extraordinary. Since then, Britain has set off a frenzy of hunting and slaughtering witches. In 80 years, 40,000 people have been burned. The number of 500 people per year is how terrible (but compared to the extreme example of Cologne burning 300 per year. It's not a big deal, but they were in the 16th century, and they have quit by now). His Majesty the King also pointed out that there are two ways to identify a witch: one is that there are marks of the devil on the witch. These marks look no different from the normal parts, but because they have no human characteristics, they are unconscious; (according to the bandit As we know, this is the characteristic of leprosy patients, but it seems that there are other reasons that can cause this phenomenon, otherwise so many lepers could kill them?) The second is to put them on the water drifting, God stipulates that those evil The witches will float on the surface of the water because they have rejected the grace of God. In addition, no matter how you tortured them, they will not shed any tears. They are obsessed with their crimes and refuse to repent. Although women shed tears at every turn, they are fake tears in disguise. The witch should be burned after being hanged or directly burned.
His Majesty the King’s actions are generous. He burned the evil Miss Duncan and 28 of his accomplices to death at one time (Miss Duncan was named after being written in "The Devilology" as a case. Her deeds are ridiculous, but she has to wait until Duncan asked me to speak)
The king's judgment is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so the British are unlucky. If you are lucky enough to return to that era in England, you will often hear people scream, or you will often do so. The reason is to test the witch/witch. At that time, Britain was full of people who made a living by searching for witches. They were called ordinary needle piercers. What they did every day was to wander around with three-inch needles and pierce needles at people who looked like witches. The pierced people feel nothing, and there will be no bleeding, then they are witches. My God, the only thing in this world that can match them is the legendary AIDS shot. Those who are mentally fragile, slow-reacting, and aging and exhausted are all unable to escape bad luck, and sometimes it does not hurt if you stick it on, if your attention is very concentrated. (I don’t know if you have any similar experiences. Anyway, I did not feel any pain after a few injections. I think it’s a shaman after it’s finished.):)
Obviously, the people who do this are all things, so there are Countless women were branded as witches for refusing the insults of ordinary needle piercers, and then burned to death. Among these needle piercers is a particularly shameless and vicious guy named Matthew Hopkins, who calls himself the "Witch Search General". Within a year, he put 60 people on the stake. His experience is so rich that almost no one can escape from his men. Because of his outstanding achievements, his experience has been widely disseminated and has become the most complete method of witch identification. In addition to acupuncture, the four types are as follows:
1. Water bleaching method
The method of water drifting has been known since ancient times, but his operation was even worse. He tied the suspect's hands and feet together, tied the thumb of the right hand with the thumb of the left foot, and tied the thumb of the left hand with the thumb of the right foot. Then wrap them with sheets or blankets, put them back down, and put them in a pond or river. If they sink, their relatives and friends will be comforted, because he will be happy to tell them that your relatives are innocent. , Is the pure lamb. If they float on the water, they are guilty of witchcraft and should be burned to death. Maybe everyone thinks this is no different from directly throwing into the water before? However, according to the actual results, the people who received this test were basically burned to death. I think this may be due to the fact that people put their backs down in the water when they can’t struggle, they may rarely sink, and the wrapped sheets and blankets have good buoyancy (it is estimated that they are somewhat similar to the leggings of the sailor. That thing can keep people floating on the water for about 5 minutes.)
Second,
the method of repeating prayer grammar is said to be aimed at witches who cannot accurately say God’s prayers, and they will get stuck when they say it. Generally speaking, it means a prayer essay or a paragraph of the Bible, and then ask the suspect to repeat it. If she misses a word or pronounces it incorrectly, she will be considered guilty. Imagine this: a fierce and famous guy runs to you and says something slurred, and then asks you to repeat it. If you repeat it, you will be burnt to death. Then what will happen? So basically no one was spared.
3. Test of tears
According to the king, the witch cannot shed more than three tears, and can only shed from the left eye. It's easy to verify this, just torture her. If you don’t shed tears, then obviously this is a sign of a witch. If you shed tears, is it safe? Wrong, the tears that flow at every turn are in disguise. ):
4. Weighing
If the suspect is heavier than the "Bible" book, then she can be free. This is a good method. Although the church Bible is quite heavy, I estimate that most people can pass this test. It is a pity that the needle piercers think this method is too benevolent, so almost no one uses it.
Hopkins favors needle sticks and water drifts the most. He took two assistants to run in Essex. All expenses were paid by the local government. They stayed in the best hotel in a chaise and ate like a king. Each village and town will also charge 20 shillings. If a witch is caught, each witch will also charge 20 shillings. After three full years of this kind of life, at least 200 women died in his hands. .
In order to test witches more effectively, Hopkins was no longer satisfied with the cruelty of floating needles. He invented a new method-insect inspection. The suspect is sitting on a chair or table with her legs crossed. Anyway, she can’t feel comfortable anymore. If she can’t sit still, tie it up and not feed her. If insects appear in the room within 24 hours-this woman is a guilty witch... ...In that era, no, what kind of house does not have insects in 24 hours in this era? Besides, there are still holes in his door.
According to Hopkins’ theory, if a 24-hour witch does not contact her little monsters, her little monsters will come to her. These little monsters will turn into wasps, moths, flies or other insects, so 24 hours The people who guard her here will kill any insects if they find any insects in the house.
This villain is greedy and does all evil things. Not only those ugly-looking (this is an important "feature" of witches) and neurotic women (this is a sign of death, many people die here) were sent to the stake by him. Even the most solemn, most pious, and most respected people cannot escape his clutches-I would be surprised if anyone can escape his inspections. Because his purpose is money, he used the charge of witchcraft to intimidate those women, demand money, and violate them.
Finally, he was full of wickedness and killed himself. In Norfolk, he was besieged by the locals. They accused him of being a wizard, because he was "familiar" with the characteristics of witchcraft, and now they want to use his methods to test him. People stripped him naked, tied his thumbs and toes crosswise, and then wrapped him in a blanket and threw him down the pond. As a result, someone shouted that he was floating on the water, and he was picked up and burned.
I don’t know how virgins will not be witches. As far as I can see, there are quite a lot of virgin witches, and I’m sure — the last witch to be publicly executed in England in 1716 was a 9-year-old girl. After that, all the victims were lynched. Among the 157 people who were burned to death in Fort Welz from 1627 to 1629 were a 9-year-old girl plus her sister, and a 15-year-old girl; if they think it’s not small enough, New England is even better. They put 5 years old. 'S girl was also sent to the stake, because she often bites them with her sharp teeth in order to avenge them for not aligning with the devil (the most absurd thing is here-there is also a dog being tried on the same charge) . The boy couldn’t escape, especially in Germany. The 9-year-old heir of Lord Rowton’s family was also burned to death. He was unlucky for the strange "curse" he said in the game. This thing he learned while listening to the trial of witches. By the way, everyone knows that those weird words are so strangely pronounced that they are very popular with children. The other two children who played with him were also executed on the same charges.
The persecution of witchcraft is long-term and extensive. There are countless horror stories. Its stupidity, cruelty and ridiculousness are beyond description. It cannot be told in a short essay. On this point alone, I dare say we China is 10,000 times more civilized than them.
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