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According to Gerald Gardner, who popularised Wicca in the twentieth century, the religion is a survival of a European witch-cult that was persecuted during the witch trials (sometimes called the Burning Times), and the strong element of secrecy that traditionally surrounds the religion was adopted as a reaction to that persecution.
In the early modern period, from about 1400 to 1775, about 100,000 people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and British America. [1] Between 40,000 and 60,000 [2][3] were executed, almost all in Europe. The witch-hunts were particularly severe in parts of the Holy Roman Empire.
Historian Ronald Hutton outlined five key characteristics ascribed to witches and witchcraft by most cultures that believe in this concept: the use of magic to cause harm or misfortune to others; it was used by the witch against their own community; powers of witchcraft were believed to have been acquired through inheritance or initiation; it ...
27 Σεπ 2024 · A prominent example of anti-witch persecutions were the witch trials that took place in Europe and the American colonies during the early modern period (the 15th to 17th centuries), at which time Christian Europeans commonly regarded witches not only as individuals who cursed others, but also as Satanists who gathered at witches’ sabbaths to ...
24 Οκτ 2021 · The Great European Witch-Hunts refer to an unprecedented period in early modern history. Although there are no definitive numbers scholars suggest that during this period between 40,000 and 100,000 people were identified and prosecuted as witches, 80-85% of whom were women.
This book examines the epigraphy and history of transmission of the cuneiform sources of the Maqlû anti-witchcraft ritual, one of the major compositions of anci...
This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history The witch came to prominence-and often a painful death-in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake.
