From the 15th through the 18th centuries, Europe was a scary place, particularly if you were an elderly woman. Tension between the…
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Witch
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For hundreds of years, witch hunters operated throughout Europe. Their motivations ranged from superstitions and paranoia to an incomprehensible religious zeal. Sometimes,…
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In the United States and other Western nations, children are often taught about the Salem witch trials that saw 19 men and…
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While nowhere near as famous as the Salem witchcraft trials that took place in 1692, the great Connecticut witchcraft panic, which lasted…
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Between the 16th and 18th centuries, tens of thousands of people were executed for witchcraft in Europe. Then as now, witches were…
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Witch hunts and the ensuing witch trials, be they for political or religious reasons, have always been truly dark and nightmarish things.…