Posted on 04/07/2021 9:51:13 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
The most famous witchcraft execution in Norwegian history took place on this date in 1590, with the burning of Anne Pedersdotter.
Pedersdotter (English Wikipedia entry | Norwegian) was the wife of Lutheran minister Absalon Pedersson Beyer (Norwegian link), a reformist theologian in Bergen.
Anne may have become a target of her prominent husband’s enemies; she was first implicated for witchcraft in 1575 when her husband’s uncle dropped dead, clearing the way for Absalon to take his place as bishop.
While she repelled that round of allegations, Absalon himself soon followed his kin into the great hereafter, leaving his widow a bit shorter on political pull. She lived on as a near-hermit, forever shadowed by the intimation of infernal intercourse.
In 1590, Anne’s neighbors, and maid, accused her again; her fate was sealed when a forbidding storm broke during her trial. (So says Witch Hunts in the Western World)
Anne Pedersdotter’s execution has become a literary staple in Norway, with a (highly dramatized) play...
(Excerpt) Read more at executedtoday.com ...
What can we do to get bonfires going for Madam Hillary Benghazi, “Heels Up” Kommie-La, and Nanzi?
I once had a witch
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
And turned me into a newt.
Shadowed by the intimation of infernal intercourse is no way to go through life...
Isn;t that from a Rod Stewart song?
She turned me into a newt!
The Salem Witch Trials incident showed that wealthy people will go to great lengths to protect their naughty children from scrutiny; even calling others witches based on spectral (no) evidence
You beat me.
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