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We do know that some were killed during the Middle Ages. Whether they actually were witches or not probably depends to some extent on how you define witchcraft. But there were people who did things that would qualify as witchcraft, such as cursing people. Whether the curses worked or not is probably a more important question.
The laws on witchcraft were varied from country to country and time to time. We think of witches burning at the stake, but that was not always what happened. The code of Charlemagne followed the lead of a pope who declared that witchcraft did not exist, and so it was illegal to execute a witch because it was illegal to execute a person who had not committed a crime. The Lombard legal code outlawed witchcraft, but punished it with a monetary fine, unless it could be proven that the witch actually killed someone with a curse. Furthermore, the code made it a felony to kill a witch without proper trial.
The burning of witches did not really become commonplace until the last century or two of the Middle Ages. It became far more prevalent during the Renaissance, when people were supposedly trying so hard to be rational. During the Renaissance, books on how to identify witches became available and superstitious rulers paid bounties for finding and executing witches.
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Do witches really exist?
No. Witches never existed. In medieval times many thought there were witches doing evil things. But that was a view based on ignorance.
In medieval times what killed one-third of population in the 1300s?
Many things killed people but the Black Plague killed the most.
Why were so many convicted witches killed?
People were scared of what witches could or would do with their power. They considered all witches evil, which was not, in fact, the case. Indeed, there were evil witches, but there were also good witches.
How many witches were killed in Europe during witch huntihg?
Countless.
How many witches were killed by hanging as a result of the Salem witch trials?
Nineteen.
How many witches did mathew Hopkins kill?
148 were killed because of his accusations.
How many witches are in the world?
As far as scientist know, 0. The Salem Witch Trials, however, was a time when people were accused of being witches and were killed.
What diseases killed many people in the western roman empire?
The Plague killed thousands of people in the medieval Europe.
How many swords were there in Medieval times?
as many as u want
What did medieval weapons do in medieval times?
kill people in many effective and particularly unpleasant ways.
How many crusades were there in the medieval times?
There were 9 Crusades
How many medieval dungeons were there in the world?
There is no exact number as to how many medieval dungeons there were in the world. almost every castle had a dungeon in the medieval times. The dungeons were sometimes used to house prisoners.
