misogyny
Cards (32)
- How did Christianity influence beliefs about women?
- What does Eve being made from Adam's rib suggest?
- Who believed that women's inferiority was inherent?
- Who was Lilith in ancient texts?
- What was Lilith linked to in earlier legends?
- What was a Christian idea of witchcraft?
- When was the Malleus Maleficarum written?
- Why did Kramer write about women causing lust?
- What were familiars commonly associated with?
- What animal was often seen as a witch's companion?
- What happened in the witch trial of 1566?
- Who were midwives mostly in England and France during the mid-seventeenth century?
- Where were women more likely to be midwives?
- What did Italian schools teach women?
- What substances did midwives use to alleviate pain during labor?
- What percentage of women in England were healers or midwives in the 16th century?
- Why were peasant healers in Switzerland convicted?
- How were women perceived during the witch hunts?
- Why were unmarried and widowed women seen as drains on the state?
- Why did women confess to witchcraft?
- In which area were men accused of witchcraft for defending women?
- What happened to nuns in mid-sixteenth century France?
- What was the purpose of the bridle worn by women?
- Why were women more vulnerable to prosecution?
- What was the Shrew's Fiddle used for?
- What was the Drunkard's Cloak used for?
- What percentage of accused witches in Iceland were male?
- Why were children accused of witchcraft in Wurzburg?
- Who else was accused of witchcraft later in the seventeenth century?
- Was misogyny the most important factor in witch hunts?
- How did the church's messages about women influence witch hunts?
- What was the overall impact of misogyny on witch hunts?