Queen Joana of Navarre was accused differently since she was a Queen. She was mainly accused of hiring two magicians to commit necromancy to kill King Henry IV. “In a deeply religious and superstitious culture, witchcraft seemed very real, but it was also invoked as a political weapon.” To further analyze this, Queen Joana was accused for her money. A dower was needed for the marriage of Catherine de Valois. Accusations were then made against Joana, so she would be stripped of her household, wealth, and servants to further a political agenda. Joana would be imprisoned on charges of witchcraft and treason. Alice Kyteler would flee from her home before she was able to be imprisoned. After she fled the bishop’s office, she was tried in abstentia, in absence. He found her guilty of three charges: sorcery, a magician, and a relapsed heretic. He also would examine the charms confiscated from her possession, this is also from her sixth charge. On the day of her judgment a large fire was also built to burn her bag of witch’s items. It contained: worms, hair, herbs, fingernails, ointments, powders. The same day of William …show more content…
Queen Joan especially, since she was not given a trial, and the evidence against her is only hearsay. With King Henry’s admission that he was wrong, her name is clear. Alice Kyteler has quite a bit of evidence stacked against her. The main driving factor of her case is that there would be no trial if people did not believe in magic. Once convicted of witch craft there was no way to prove that you are innocent. Those convicted most likely assumed guilt for a speedy trial. In Alice’s case she fled out of fear of her life. Queen Joan of Navarre was undoubtedly innocent and treated unjustly. In middle terms Alice was defiantly guilty. Both ladies were victims of a religious cause, that was fueled by jealousy. Those close to them seeked power and wealth, and preyed on innocent women to obtain