Tag: Early Modern Germany

• Trier: The World’s Worst Witch Hunts?

  

  One of the most characterising events of the Early Modern period in Europe were the hunts against people perceived to be witches. It is estimated that anywhere up to 100,000 witch trials may have taken place during this time, with further estimates that between half and two-thirds of these people were executed for their supposed…

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  November 17, 2023

  Witchcraft

  Early Modern, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern Germany, Early Modern History, Early Modern Witchcraft, European History, German History, Germany, history, Malleus Maleficarum, Witch Hunts, Witch Trials, Witchcraft