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Studying the history of witchcraft and witch-hunts in Italy therefore requires the adoption of multiple analytical models, capable of taking into account the extreme diversity of the political and legal backgrounds, as well as of describing and interpreting the folkloric varieties of the witchcraft paradigm.
Throughout the 16th century and when these beliefs were intensified, the heretical group of the Anabaptists and witches were the main victims of stigmatization as “enemies of the state” and followers of the Satan and sometimes faced fierce persecution motivated by mass panics.
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.
The significance of a quest for a worldwide context for the early modern European witch trials is that it can determine what, if anything, is specifically European about those trials, and about Europe’s images of what a witch was supposed to be.
Focuses specifically on German witch hunts from 1560-1750 and the various social and geopolitical factors affecting them- Protestants vs. Catholic states, German anti-semitism, and how t was used to gain political power.
Abstract. some societies alleged witches are persecuted and killed. This article explores the rise of false accusations of witchcraft and the resultant killings in South Africa in the last three deca.
Witchcraft was particularly associated with women in the early modern period, and this continued into the modern era. In this resource there are several examples of modern images of witches who...
