Macbeth

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King James 1 

• Became King of England, Scotland, and Ireland 
• Was interested in Witchcraft and took part in the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland 
• Was known for his lack of manners and his disgusting behavior 
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The Gunpowder Plot

• A group of Catholic conspirators plotted to assassinate King James I of England (and VI of Scotland) in 1605
• kegs underneath filled with gunpowder to blow up King James I 
• the traitors (Catholic conspirators) were sentenced to torture as punishment 

Witchcraft in Shakespeare Time and The North Berwick witch trials 

• King James, I wrote a book called "Daemonologie" in which he supported and encouraged the trials of witches.
• there was a period of witch-hunting where people were tried and often executed for being witches. all throughout Europe and America and lasted for more than 150 years
• if people were behaving strangely or were around when bad things happened they would be accused of being a witch 
• The North Berwick witch trials took place in 1590 in Scotland, when a number of people from East Lothian were accused of witchcraft. They ran for two years and implicated seventy people. This was the first major witchcraft persecution in Scotland.