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“women were viewed as being difficult and foolish as well as being sexually dangerous*

* Riddle us this: men were morally stronger than women, but they also had to be on their guard not to be tempted to sexual impropriety by those sneaky sex pots.” Yeah, that’s one of their greatest contradictions

“not unlike the jackdaw, women are easily enticed with shiny items and fripperies. They look not into the depths but seek only the surface reflection.
And this is as it should be.
Women were made by God to be man’s inferior in order to assist and support their men and fulfil their physical potential unto the glory of God.” I love this

“Eve fell prey to the temptations of the serpent, whereas Adam did not. And why was she entranced by the Devil’s appalling charms?
Because she was designed that way.
As we all know and is clear in our everyday dealings, man is superior not only in physical size and strength, but in every conceivable manner. Even the most intelligent of women can never be a true match for man.” Nice.

“are witches not, in truth, ‘simple raving creatures’ suffering from ‘melancholique imaginations’? Again, no … we find some 16th-century body-shaming given as the reason. Apparently, those who have a ‘natural humour of the melancholie’ are lean, pale and ‘desire of solitude’, but, in sharp contrast, a great number of witches are ‘rich and worldly-wise, some of them fatte or corpulent in their bodies” How lovely

“The Devil responded that the King was the greatest enemy he had in the world. …*

* The subtext here is that the King of Scotland must be exceedingly virtuous and godly if he is the Devil’s greatest adversary. How lucky the people of Scotland are to have such a holy man to protect them from the Devil and his minions. And how lucky the English would be if he were to become their King too!” How convenient

“they found the Devil’s mark on her throat*

* A Devil’s mark (or witch’s mark) was a blemish such as a mole, skin tag, wart, scar or unhealed area on the body. It might not bleed or hurt when the skin is ‘pricked’. The mark was said to be physical proof of the Devil’s pact with his initiate.” I would be SO FUCKED lmaoooo

“Of course, as no one else heard the evidence given (which I don’t need to tell you is highly unusual, but as it is the King, all bets are off), we will never know exactly what was said. However, there was quite the look of satisfaction on the King’s face upon his re-entry into the court” This is just disgusting

“The King took her away into an antechamber and questioned her more closely in complete privacy. The King insisted upon no one accompanying him, though this caused some consternation and disquiet amongst the religious men in court. If the accused is a witch, and there seems very little doubt on that point from the King, then is it not very dangerous for our King to be on his own with the Devil’s assistant?” Oh god

“Interestingly, among all this self-serving murderousness she was further indicted for helping to relieve women of the pain of childbirth.*

* You might be asking why assisting someone in easing their labour pains would be denounced as witchcraft. It seems it was down to the outrageous lack of humility displayed in the attempt to go against God’s will: pain was the price of childbirth, after all.” Tsk

“Ane Koldings confessed — under torture — that she, along with several other witches, had met at the home of Karen the Weaver*

* An early example of the demonizing of women named Karen.” That’s kinda funny (but so sad when you think about it

“Valkendorff then promptly played the witchcraft card in his defence, claiming that the problems experienced by the fleet had nothing to do with anything as straightforward as lack of proper funding of the Admiralty and insufficient investment in the ships. The true cause, he said, was the result of the work of witches, who had sent little demons … to cause bad weather.
Yes, you read that correctly.” I love them

“Anne of Denmark was 14, the older sister of the 12-year-old King Christian IV. Now considered old enough to marry, she was promised to James and the couple married by proxy on 20 August. James was 23.” EWWWWWWW

“Dramatic to the end, the first blow of the axe missed her neck — and when the deed was eventually done, the executioner held her head aloft and her hair promptly fell off, revealing it to be a wig.” Oh god until the very last moment her life was hell

“Darnley was found dead […] he had been smothered. Fingers were immediately pointed at the Queen. Outrage […] was nursed into outright religious rebellion against the Catholic Queen. The Queen sealed her fate when, on 15 May 1567, she married the man who was said to have killed Darnley, James Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell.” Yeah, that was not the move T_T

“The granting of indulgences […] was the practice of the church granting a reprieve for the amount of time you spent repenting of your sins […] in exchange for a sum of money. […] Luther […] concluded that he thought this practice […] was open to abuse […] *

* In our view, if anyone should have been annoyed it should have been the Devil, tempting people to do wrong only for them to buy their way out of it.” LMAO

“Fairies? Witches? The Devil? This tale may seem nonsensical to modern ears. But in order to understand the period between the 16th and 18th centuries in Scotland we must embrace a fundamental truth of that
epoch: magic was real.
This belief […] was entirely accepted as fact. The sale of magical services was commonplace, and purveyors could be sued if the magic didn't work.” Oh wow okay
But women couldn’t do it, ofc

“Accused of witchcraft in March 1616, Elspeth was brought to trial in Kirkwall in Orkney, where she confessed that she had met with the Devil several times, in his guise as a fairy. She was also accused of deception by feigning muteness. Found guilty, she was sentenced to death by strangulation and her body burned that afternoon.” Oh god 2.0

“Not only were they having sex, but he was also controlling and abusive towards her. […] Elspeth was only 14 when […] she had her first child. […] she became largely non-verbal. […] Elspeth’s brother, angry that she refused […] to speak, beat her with a bridle, tied a bowstring around her head to torture her, then dragged her to church and prayed for her. Unsurprisingly, these tactics failed to cure her.” Oh god

[SPOIL] « — Je te souhaite une bonne journée de cérémonie du Choix. Je vais te demander comment tu vas, et tu vas me donner une réponse bien sincère.
On se parle comme ça quelquefois, avec brusquerie.
[Christina] a fini par devenir l’une de mes plus proches amies, malgré notre tendance à nous chamailler. » Tris serait tellement heureuse

[SPOIL] « — Elle l’a fait comment ?
— La tête la première.
— D’accord. Tu peux caler ça derrière moi ? Et dévisser le couvercle ?
Je lui tends l’urne et me couche sur le harnais. […] Zeke attache les courroies dans mon dos et autour de mes jambes et glisse l’urne derrière moi, penchée vers l’extérieur pour que les cendres s’envolent. » Oh
Elle aurait adoré

[SPOIL] « — Tu vas prendre la tyrolienne avec nous ?
Je regarde la voie qui plonge devant nous pour redescendre au niveau de la rue.
— Ouais. Je pense que Tris aurait aimé que j’essaie ça au moins une fois » Mais ça suffit de me faire pleurer oui ?

[SPOIL] « — Comment te sens-tu ? me demande-t-elle.
— Hmm… ça peut aller. On disperse ses cendres aujourd’hui.
Je jette un coup d’œil sur l’urne posée sur le siège arrière, comme un passager supplémentaire. J’ai longtemps laissé les cendres de Tris à la morgue du Bureau » Oh wow
Donc, si

[SPOIL] « Celui que tu es devenu grâce à elle mérite de vivre » Ouch

[SPOIL] « Tout ce que je veux, moi, c’est être quelqu’un d'autre.
[…] Tobias Johnson a peut-être eu une vie morne et dépourvue de sens, mais au moins, il était un individu à part entière, pas ce fragment d’être humain que je suis devenu […]
— Matthew m’a dit que tu avais volé un flacon de sérum d’oubli […] Je n’ai pas voulu le croire.
Christina » Oh ouf purée
Je pensais pas être assez attachée aux persos pour pleurer

[SPOIL] « Je prends le flacon de sérum d’oubli dans ma poche. » Oh

[SPOIL ; TW : Mort] « Dans la chambre, Zeke et Hana se prennent la main par-dessus le corps d’Uriah. […]
Le médecin appuie sur quelques boutons et la machine cesse de respirer à la place d’Uriah. » Je ne sais pas si c’est ce que j’ai vécu récemment qui me rend plus sensible à la chose, mais l’autrice a réussi à me mettre les larmes aux yeux pour un perso dont j’avais pas forcément quelque chose à foutre de base

[SPOIL] « un médecin tend une feuille […] à David. […]
Tout mon corps s’embrase.
— Qu’est-ce qu’il fout là, lui ?
— […] Tobias, il a tout oublié ! Celui que tu as connu n’existe plus ; c’est comme s’il était mort. Cet homme-là ne se souvient pas une seconde qu’il a…
— La ferme ! aboyé-je. » Elle a raison, mais je pense pas que je pourrais l’entendre non plus

[SPOIL] « Hana et Zeke rôdent autour du lit d’Uriah depuis leur arrivée, à frôler ses doigts, à guetter un signe de vie sur son visage. Mais il n’y a plus de vie en lui, rien qu’une machine qui fait battre son cœur. » Ah mais je suis con ils parlent d’Uriah

[SPOIL] « — Je vous trouve enfin ! s’exclame Christina en arrivant en courant.
Elle a le visage gonflé et la voix atone.
— Venez, il est l’heure. Ils vont le débrancher. » Oh wow
Je continue à ne pas y croire mdrrrr

« Je suis terrifié, sans savoir par quoi, puisque j’ai déjà tout perdu. »