James Ilater reduced the problem to one of his usual bons mots—“no bishop, no king.” Elizabeth’s answer was less catchy but more effective; she appointed as archbishopJohn Whitgift, who was determined to destroy Puritanism as a politically organized sect. Whitgift was only partially successf...
and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
3. King James I wrote a book on witchcraft that helped shape Macbeth In 1597, King James VI of Scotland (later also known as King James I of England), published the bookDaemonologie. The representation of witchcraft in Macbeth is very similar to the beliefs of King James expressed in his...
King's Cross Station was considered one of the main train stations to serve London, England. Students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry took the scarlet steam engine named the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts from Platform 9¾ every 1 September
Loyn, The Governance of Anglo-Saxon England, 500–1087 (1984), and The Vikings in Britain (1977); Frank Barlow, Edward the Confessor (1970, reprinted 1984); James Tait, The Medieval English Borough: Studies on Its Origins and Constitutional History (1936, reprinted 1968); Charles S. Orwin...
“Angela Bassett, Kelly Ripa, James Cameron and More Honored as Disney Legends at D23”reportsVariety. Angela Bassett was recognized for three decades of work with Disney, including her role in Touchstone’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” narration of National Geographic’s The Flood ...
(ca. 1613-1616). This expansion of the role of the witches reflected the continuing fascination of Jacobean audiences with witchcraft. This fascination was born partly out of the obsessions of King James I, whose bookDæmonologiewas first published in 1597, and was then reprinted when he ...
In 1944, as World War II raged, two elderly women, Helen Duncan and Jane Yorke, were subjected to full criminal trials in London’s Old Bailey and carted off to jail under terms of the 1735 Witchcraft Act. (It has been claimed by Duncan’s supporters that she was arrested and imprisone...
Some people believe that apple bobbing is a reminder of the way women accused of witchcraft in the middle ages were tried. They were tied to a chair and repeatedly ducked into a river or pond. If a woman drowned, she was declared innocent. If she survived, she was declared a witch and...
#哈利波特# 【圣诞舞会上,哈利和罗恩为什么对帕瓦蒂、帕德玛显得心不在焉?】 Darion James:老实说,我讨厌整段情节。 写得不好,只能归咎于罗琳(角色处理上的)懒惰。 这段情节的作用,是为了重点强调「哈利...