The Witches of Pendle

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:accusation_basis maleficium
gptkbp:clinical_trial gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds_witch_trials
highly publicized
witch trial
gptkbp:commemoration Pendle Witch Trail
gptkbp:coordinates Colne
Barrowford
Earby
Trawden
Newchurch in Pendle
Blacko
gptkbp:court gptkb:Lancaster_Assizes
gptkb:12
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired literature and media
gptkbp:cultural_representation films and documentaries
gptkbp:historical_context early 17th century England
gptkbp:historical_documentation The Pendle Witch Trials by Thomas Potts
gptkbp:historical_figure Judge Edward Bromley
gptkbp:historical_legacy remains a topic of interest
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the most famous witch trials in England
gptkbp:historical_source The Witchcraft Act 1604
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Witches of Pendle
gptkbp:influence_on modern witchcraft practices
gptkbp:investigates local magistrates
gptkbp:legal_context witchcraft laws in England
gptkbp:location Pendle Hill, Lancashire, England
gptkbp:narrative a tale of superstition and injustice
gptkbp:notable_case the trial of the Pendle witches
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Alice_Nutter
gptkb:James_Device
Anne Whittle
Elizabeth Southerns
gptkbp:outcome 10 executed
gptkbp:public_perception fear of witchcraft
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:the_English_Civil_War
Lancashire witch trials
gptkbp:related_figures Roger Nowell
gptkbp:related_folklore Pendle Hill legends
gptkbp:scholarly_analysis witchcraft history
gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of spectral evidence
gptkbp:was_executed_by hanging
gptkbp:witnesses confessions obtained under duress
gptkbp:year 1612
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alice_Nutter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6