Anne Bodenham
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Anne Bodenham (died 1653) was an English woman who was executed for witchcraft.
Anne Bodenham was the assistant of John Lambe and worked as a cunning woman in Salisbury.
She was accused of witchcraft by Anne Styles, who was charged with poison murder at the time. Anne Styles stated that Anne Bodenham had made a pact with Satan and had attempted to convince her to do the same. According to rumours at the time, she could summon demons and transform herself into a dog, lion, bear, wolf, or monkey.[1]
Anne Bodenham was examined for the Devil's mark. She was convincted as charged.
She was executed by hanging in Salisbury in 1653.
Legacy[edit]
Her case was the subject of the pamphlet treatise Bower, Edmond. Doctor Lamb Revived, or, Witchcraft Condemned in Anne Bodenham. London: 1653 as well as Doctor Lambs Darling. London: 1653.
Henry More of Cambrigde examined the case carefully and presented it as a case of the existence of witchcraft in a book about witchcraft he published in 1655, which was given much authority in a time period when England experienced its last intense witch hunt.
References[edit]
- ^ "LAMBE, John". University of Sydney. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- Wallace Notestein A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
- Natasha Korda Working Subjects in Early Modern English Drama
- Diane Purkiss The Witch in History: Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations
- Dr Orna Alyagon Darr Marks of an Absolute Witch: Evidentiary Dilemmas in Early Modern England
- WITCHES IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND