10 Questions
What was the impact of the publishing revolution during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Democratising information and making it more accessible.
What event coincided with the revolution in publishing during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
The European witch craze
How were broadsides distributed during the early modern period?
Pasted on ale house walls and stuck up on market posts.
What was the name of the treatise published in 1486 that elevated witchcraft to the crime of heresy?
Hexenhammer
What role did ballads play in spreading information during the early modern period?
"spred more pamphlets by the State forbidden than all the Booksellers in London"
Why was torture recommended during the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
To extract confessions from accused witches
Which of the following best describes the influence of the Malleus Maleficarum on the perception of witchcraft?
It justified the extermination of witches with papal authority
How did Thomas Middleton describe ballads in relation to popular desires?
"fashions, fictions, felonies, fooleries"
What was considered the visual language of early modern England?
Crude woodcuts
What imagery and narratives were commonly depicted in British witchcraft pamphlets from the late sixteenth century?
Descriptions of witches with animal familiars and magical abilities
Explore how the printing revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, along with the mass-produced woodcuts, influenced the depiction of witches. Learn about the archetype of the broom-riding crone with her cauldron and cats, as popularized during that time period.
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