to show that their not witches and that they weren't included with the witch everyone was scared for their lives and if you didn't turn up you were blameed of either being involved with the burned witch or a witch yourself so it's either watch people being killed or or get killed yourself which one would you rather do?
Burning, hanging, you name it. All sorts of executions.
Plenty of people stood to gain something from convictions and executions, namely the people who had disputes with those who were accused.
According to history England had the most witch executions. Most of these occurred in the Elizabethan Era. The Elizabethan Era is the famous era in England were there was the extensive belief of the supernatural and many superstitions.
In Salem, Massachusetts in America. 21 died.
Witch hunt actually originates from with hunts in past centuries. From 1480 to 1750 is considered the classical period of witch hunts. The last executions happened in the 18th century.
No. the only killings during the witch trials were legal executions. Puritans weren't the type who formed angry mobs.
Many were accused of witchcraft due to their iniquitous behavior and tension in the villages. These accusations led to the Salem witch trials and executions of twenty people between February 1692 and May 1693.
Witch executions were most common in Europe and colonial America during the late 15th to the 18th centuries. Notable regions included Germany, England, Scotland, and the American colonies, particularly during the Salem witch trials in 1692. The fear of witchcraft, driven by social, religious, and political factors, led to widespread hunts and trials, resulting in thousands of executions. The practice gradually declined as Enlightenment thinking emerged, promoting reason and skepticism over superstition.
What?! Ghandi as in the peaceful indian activist and the Salem Witch trials as in mass hysteria and 20 pointles executions?!? They have nothing in common! If anything, they're complete opposites.
The year with the highest rate of executions in the US was 1935, during which 199 people were executed.
They were all beheaded by the guillotine.
20th-centery executions of British people (2 C, 9 P). ▻ 20th-centery executions of Jewish people (1 C). ▻ 20th-centery executions of Lithuanian people (4 C, 1 P) .... out of 11 total.