Tag: Early Modern Witchcraft

• 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

• The Malleus Maleficarum: The Hammer of Witches

  

  The Early Modern witch hunts that so characterise our modern knowledge of Europe and the American Colonies, particularly in the 17th century, have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Infamous trials like that at Salem continue to lure our attention today, and our obsession with witchcraft and magic still permeates our literature, films, and television…

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  October 31, 2021

  Witchcraft

  Early Modern, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern History, Early Modern Witchcraft, European History, history, Malleus Maleficarum, Medieval Europe, Medieval History, Medieval Witchcraft, Witchcraft