The Republican National Convention starts today and we have all the details about how you can watch it live on TV. The main events start at primetime, although the Convention will have some events earlier in the day and TV stations will start broadcasting around 1 p.m. Eastern.
People believed in witchcraft in the 17th century because they needed a way to explain the unexplainable, according to the BBC. When situations came up that could not be explained due to the lack of scientific and medical knowledge, people needed a scapegoat to help the masses understand.
Here are some of the superstitions that affected the daily lives of the Elizabethans: 1  Elizabethans believed witches can fly and they can reach the impossible distances using a broomstick. 2  The Elizabethans considered an eclipse as an evil omen. 3  A pot stirred counter-clockwise brings bad luck to those who ate the contents .