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19 de abr. de 2024 · Matthew Hopkins (born, Wenham, Suffolk, Eng.—died Aug. 12, 1647) was an English witch-hunter during a witchcraft craze of the English Civil Wars. Little is known of Hopkins before 1644, but apparently he had been a lawyer, practicing in Essex. In March 1644 he alleged his first discovery of witches—six of them, in Manningtree, who he ...
4 de sept. de 2021 · Matthew Hopkins the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General. He caused the deaths of 200-300 people. (Image: Icongraphic collections) Hopkins's psychopathic pursuits were not without criticism and not everyone trusted him. In Norfolk, both Hopkins and Stearne were questioned by justices of the assizes over their torturing methods and fees.
Matthew Hopkins, lawyer and self-appointed 'Witchfinder General', tours the Eastern counties instigating witch-hunts and extracting 'confessions' under torture. When a young woman, Sara, is raped by Hopkins and his brutal assistant, John Stearne, and her priest father murdered, her lover, Richard, a soldier in Cromwell's army, vows revenge. The ...
Witchfinder General. Cult NWOBHM band (named after the 1968 Vincent Price (2) film) formed 1979 in Stourbridge, England. The group disbanded following the release of their second album Friends Of Hell and the following decade saw the band recognised as pioneers of the Doom Metal style. In 2006 they reformed minus vocalist Zeeb Parkes and ...
Witchfinder General, British horror film, released in 1968, that is noted for Vincent Price’s sinister portrayal of its main character.. Witchfinder General tells the story of Matthew Hopkins (played by Price), the real-life 17th-century Puritan lawyer and witch-finder. During the witch-hunting craze of the English Civil Wars, he and his followers terrorized English villages, identifying ...
20 de feb. de 2023 · When "Witchfinder General" was released in 1968, it joined a wave of similarly-themed films from both Britain and abroad, including Ken Russell's controversial "The Devils," "Witchhammer" from ...
The Witchfinder: With Tim Key, Daisy May Cooper, Jessica Hynes, Daniel Rigby. A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch to a trial that could change his fortunes, but first he must deal with the worst possible travel companion and road-free trip across the country gripped by civil war, famine, and plague.
