Matthew Hopkins
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title:
Matthew Hopkins
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Matthew Hopkins was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He was mainly active in East Anglia and claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament. The son of a Puritan minister, Hopkins began his career as a witch-finder in March 1644 and lasted until his retirement in 1647. Hopkins and his colleague John Stearne sent more accused people to be hanged for witchcraft than all the other witch-hunters in
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English witch hunter (1620–1647)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hopkins
date created:
2003-04-10T04:15:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T15:28:30Z
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