EUROPE: The witch craze

 

UNLUCKY 13: A WITCHES' BREW OF FACTS ABOUT THE EUROPEAN 'WITCH CRAZE'

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In the late medieval and early modern period, a fever gripped Europe – the ‘witch craze’, where men, women, and children were persecuted as ‘witches’.

Experts today believe that many of those executed during the witch craze (especially in England in the 17th century) were unfortunate victims of community disputes that took advantage of laws written by believers of magic and witchcraft. Or victims of godly men who believed that the Devil’s work was everywhere and had to be eradicated.

For others, notably Margaret Murray (1863-1963), the evidence of the witch trials should be accepted as proof of a campaign to exterminate a low-lying pre-Christian cult in Europe. Modern historians are not fans of Murray’s hypothesis, but whatever the truth, centuries later the history of the witch trials of Britain and continental Europe continues to fascinate and intrigue scholars and the public alike.

READ MORE:https://www.history.co.uk/articles/unlucky-13-a-witches-brew-of-facts-about-the-european-witch-craze

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