But King James (who came to the throne in 1603, and who claimed to be descended from Banquo) took a special interest in the subject. In 1597 he published a book that he had written on the subject of witchcraft, his Daemonologie. In this work, James put the traditional arguments in favour of a belief in witchcraft, and his lifelong interest in the subject is evidenced by the fact that he himself participated in a number of trials of alleged witches.
He thought that he knew a lot about witchcraft so he had more people arrested because he was Christian and thought when one was found the rest needed to be hunted for as well. he started the peak of it if you will
No don’t give them credit because you can change things on Wikipedia so it’s not really real facts and you shouldn’t sue Wikipedia anyway because it’s kinda like a scam it’s not always real facts