Witch trials in the early modern period
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Witch trials in the early modern period
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In the early modern period, from about 1400 to 1775, about 100,000 people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and British America. Between 40,000 and 60,000 were executed, almost all in Europe. The witch-hunts were particularly severe in parts of the Holy Roman Empire. Prosecutions for witchcraft reached a high point from 1560 to 1630, during the Counter-Reformation and the European wars of religion. Among the lower classes, accusations of witchcraft were usually made by neighbors, and wome
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Prosecutions for witchcraft in Europe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_early_modern_period
date created:
2008-03-14T16:16:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T06:58:01Z
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