Witch Trials: How Belief, Fear and Power Drove Persecution
How could an argument between neighbours become an accusation that ended with imprisonment, trial or execution? Between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, many Europeans believed that harmful supernatural power could explain suffering and disorder. The central question is how to distinguish those beliefs and accusations from reliable evidence that anyone possessed supernatural powers.
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