
Witchcraft: everything you wanted to know
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Are Cunning Folks at Risk of Being Acquired of Witchcraft?
Some cunning folk were accused of witchcraft. The usual reason for it was that someone would go to a cunning son because they think they're bewitched. Matthew hopkins, notorious witch finder general, and his psychic john sterne are fascinating figures who have had a lot of sort of cultural reach modern culture. tom banks onan twitter wants to know if matthew hopkins and m his really believe they were rooting out witchcraft or just exploiting people's fears at a time when the british civil wars taking place.
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