Oliver Cromwell had been witness to a witch trial and hanging on his street (now Cromwell street) when he was only 13. One can inagine that this stayed with him for the rest of his life. Then again, witchcraft in the 1640's i.e. the Civil War, was mostly due to the lack of administration that existed in that period. Both Royalists and Parliamentarians were too busy fighting eachother to deal with obscure figures such as Matthew Hopkins who only managed to set himself up due to a small inheritance he received; allowing himself to pass as a gentleman. Combine that with the fact that Hopkins was a puritan along with his accomplice John Stearne, and one can see how they managed to slip under, or get the dismissive approval of Oliver Cromell.
Old Salem, Massachussetts.
The Salem witch hunts happened in the English colony of Massachusetts, in what is now the USA.
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Ignorance and bigotry
During the Stuart period, particularly in the early 17th century, witch hunts intensified, fueled by social, political, and religious turmoil, including the English Civil War. The infamous witch trials, such as those in East Anglia, led to the execution of numerous accused witches. However, by the late 17th century, skepticism about witch hunts grew, culminating in a decline in such trials as Enlightenment thinking began to take hold. The 1736 Witchcraft Act effectively ended witch hunts in England by decriminalizing witchcraft and emphasizing evidence-based legal practices.
Oliver Cromwell
There are witch hunts in part of Sub-Saharan Africa. India is another place that still practices witch hunts. In 2010, India had an 150 and 200 women killed during witch hunts.
There are actual witch hunts going on today in some parts of the world, though the people of the rest of the world know better than to hunt for actual witches. There are things metaphorically called witch hunts going on today in parts of the world where people know better than to hunt for actual witches. Sometimes the things metaphorically called witch hunts are worse. There is a link to an article on witch hunts below.
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a person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
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.
Do you mean 1692?
Old Salem, Massachussetts.
Salem, Massachusetts
Innocent people are accused
No, there wasn't.
There have been many different witch hunts but the most commonly known one was from about 1480 to 1700.