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Medieval Witch Hunts

The period of classical witch hunts between the 14th and 18th centuries, incorporating the Scottish North Berwick witch trials, Swedish Torsåker witch trials and the American Salem witch trials.

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How did people stay safe from witches?

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They stayed safe by burning the witches or hanging them. Old legends say that if you burn a witches hair they will have no power.

Who created the witch hunt?

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Many think that the witch hunts of Early Modern Europe were caused by the invention of the printing press. The first texts to be produced were Christian texts, like the Bible, which promoted ideas about Satanic witchcraft practices. Unexplainable events like the Black death could be blamed on witches, causing a mass hysteria.

Where were witches executed in England?

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the witches were normally either : hanged by a rope or burnt at a stake or drowned. they would properly hanged over a river . burnt in a fire . and drowned in a river .

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Do witch hunts still happen?

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Not in UK and if anywhere else, then not to the extreme level that it was in medieval times!!

What groups were particularly vulnerable to the witch hunts?

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Women. In the middle ages, they were generally considered to be far more vulnerable to evil and corruption than men, which led to the vast majority of the people killed during the witch hunts to be female.

Theoritically though, nobody was safe from being accused of witchcraft.

What proof was needed to kill a witch?

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Generally, the accusation and testimony of at least two witnesses was considered enough to arrest and even execute someone.

There were also various "tests" set to determine ones guilt. Two examples are:

Ordeal by fire: The accused person held a red hot iron bar and walked three paces; his hand was then bandaged and left for three days. If the wound was getting better after three days, you were innocent. If the wound had clearly not got any better, you were guilty.

Ordeal by water. The accused person was tied up and thrown into water. If you floated you were guilty, and if you sank you were innocent.

What powers did people believe that witches had?

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people believed witches could change the weather and change people's appearances and personality's

Why would Quakers be accused of witchcraft?

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In communities where Quakers were not the main religious group, they were on the fringe of society because the views differed from the religion in the rest of the community. When the masses were the ones accusing witches because of some terrible event that affected the masses (ie weather pattern unfit for the major crops of a region), people on the fringes were the common targets. In some areas, that could very well mean Quakers.

What are some examples of modern day witch hunts?

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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.