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Early historians estimated that 9-10 million died as witches, but modern historians now think that it is more like 50,000 to 200, 000 died.
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What is it called when witches were drowned?
This could be called execution, persecution, and death by drowning. The time period when so called "witches" were killed in the Middle Ages is known as the Burning Times to modern historians. It was also called dunking, however most of us would call it murder.
Why did people in the middle ages consider witchcraft a crime?
Because one of witches done something to one of the people so that's when they started hating witches
Is it true historians believe that witches grew rye contaminated with fungal ergots during the middle ages?
NO
What elements of the Christian faith in the Middle Ages incorporated magic?
None. They were against magic. That's why they went after witches.
What did they do to people who they thought were witches in the middle ages?
What I find is that there were insane asylums in the Middle Ages, but only people who were otherwise unmanageable were put in them. The Priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem started giving care for insane people in 1357, but there were very few patients until the after the Middle Ages ended. Long after the Middle Ages, the common name of this hospital provided the English language with the word "Bedlam," as it gained a reputation for brutal treatment of inmates during the 17th century. I was unable to find any reference that supported the idea of insane people being killed. I also checked about babies being killed, and it is true that in some legal codes of Germanic groups of the Early Middle Ages, a mother who killed a newborn infant could not be prosecuted, but I suspect this had more to do with post partum disorders and less with special needs infants had. The legal codes were unspecific about reasons, but the law only applied to the mothers. There is a link below to the medieval section of an article on the history of psychiatric institutions.
What killed most people in wars between the middle ages?
a halberd
How did people in the middle ages got rid of pest's?
They killed them. Mostly with lasers.
How many were killed from the black death during the middle ages?
100 Million.
What happened to the insane during the Middle Ages?
Many insane died young. Some were accused as witches, others lived in the outskirts of towns and the forests. There was no care for them so they had to fend for themselves.
Brief summary about chrisianity in the middle ages?
Christianity was important and almost forced people to believe in it or be killed. There were many crusades and battles in the name of Christianity during the Middle Ages.
What punishments did whiches get?
People convicted of being witches (male and female) were usually killed. Burning, hanging, drowning, stoning and burning was the most popular. About 45,000 people were executed as witches in the Middle Ages and most were burned to death. Saint Joan of Arc was burned to death as a witch by the English and later Canonized as a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
What part did medieval witch hunts play in medieval times?
The European witch-hunts we hear about mostly come from after the Middle Ages. There were people tried as witches during the Middle Ages, but not in very great numbers. The laws of Charlemagne forbade punishing the practice of witchcraft with execution of any type unless it could be proven they had actually killed someone with a curse. The Lombard legal code was similar.
