Magic+and+supestition+in+medieval+England

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Professor Witchita is going to talk about magic and superstition in the Middle Ages. =** Magic and superstition in medieval England (Marta Martínez, Marina) **=


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__**Witches: **__ Women who practice witchcraft are called witches and men are sorcerers. Some places are commonly associated with witchcraft. The main events are the black mass, the meetings or // akelarre // or Sabbath. In ancient times, the Inquisition and civil authority usually sought the withches. Penalty applied to convicts was generally death of hanging and burning. The magic can be called black magic or white magic. If you use black magic you are a bad witch, if you use white magic you are a good witch. Witches, real or imagined, have been heavily persecuted, accused of pacts with the devil and all kinds of evils. A witch is also a wise woman archetype.

__**Superstitions: **__ Superstition is given a magic character to something or an animal. Most superstitions were born during the Middle Ages, a time when illiteracy, poverty, disease and death were the order of the day. In this situation, the fire and especially religion , become the only means capable of ending the suffering and purify the body and soul , thus become the main source superstitions. 
 * __Magicians__** A magician or a sorcerer is a person who engages in whitchcraft, or certain types of magic. Magicians have recived their magic to their own resources or studies, the may have taken a mighty master of the magical arts, and other can being born with them.

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