Europe's Witch Craze

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How and Why History

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Europe's Witch Craze

How and Why History

28 minutes 11 seconds

5 years ago

Europe's Witch Craze

In 1597, King James VI of Scotland published a compendium on witchcraft called Daemonologie that laid down the kind of trial and punishment these practices merited. But why was there a witch craze in Europe? How were witch hunts triggered? Who were the victims? And why did witch trials spread to America? History Hit’s Rob Weinberg asks the big questions on this dark but fascinating period to Professor Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London.

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