Yes.
Well, it depends on your point of view. If you call tessering a form of witchcraft, then yes, it does have witchcraft. If you call eating fake dinners a form of witchcraft, then the book does have witchcraft. It's all up to you, and what you believe everything is about.
Some people consult witchdoctors to cure diseases or find a husband.In Africa, Witchcraft has played a role in rebellions, fighting wars, gaining independence and is often seen at election time.
They would be hanged but if they confessed they will be in jail for a period of time.
Witches tend to be women. In Shakespeare's time, I assume that women were witches since Hecate is a woman who is goddess of witchcraft. I don't believe there's any report of a man being accused of witchcraft and being killed for it.
HD is not involved with witchcraft. At one time people may have believed that the jerky uncontrolled movements (known as chorea) were a curse placed on the person.
The Puritan colonists in Massachusetts at the time of the Salem witch panic believed that a witch was allied with the devil and did his dark work on earth. Basically, the human embodiment of evil.
witchcraft was seen as a crime or evil (what ever floats your boat)
Because at the time, the only explanation for extraordinary ideas and accomplishments was witchcraft. So people accused of witchcraft or knowing a witch would either be killed or forced to reveal the location of other witches (which they lied about because witches are fictional)
There was a large contingent of people then who thought so. They were very like the large contingent of people who think so nowadays.
It was a bad time because witchcraft was starting to get noticed and they started to hang and kill people.
The book "A Discovery of Witchcraft" was written by Reginald Scot and first published in 1584. It is a skeptical examination of witchcraft and the witch trials of the time.
Some people believe that dinosaurs will come back in their life time. Some people believe that they will come back after there life time. Some people believe they will be cloned. Some people believe, that they will never come back. What ever you believe, you can believe. But I believe that dinosaurs will not come back ever, but will be cloned outside of my lifetime. - Christopher250 -