History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Salem Witch Trials, Jacques De Molay, Demonic Possession
2 May 2016
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March 14, 2016: the invention of satan, demonic possession, dancing mania, witch hunts, the salem witch trials, the pendle witch trials. Having a pet and talking to it apparently means you"re a witch. Famine - europe the waves of invaders - then came the black death - in that time at the 14th century they needed to hold someone responsible and return order to the world. Two large blobs of country fought for control - break between the roman empire and the byzantine (orthodox) in the east - both consider themselves to be the weird church - other side was wrong - Orthodox church is a threat - difference is that this group is going work from within - using infiltrators knows has heretics who practice heresy who contradicts the established belief. Catholic church this time in the west had a set of specific beliefs that made up an ideology.
