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Witch hunt

A witch hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or incantations was proscribed and punishable in early human civilizations in the Middle East. An intensive period of witch-hunts occurring in Early Modern Europe and to a smaller extent Colonial America…

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related to Further reading · 214
Witch hunt → Alan, Albert, America, An Enquiry Inspired, Ancient Times, Andreassen, Art Architecture History, Autonomedia, Autumn, Available, Belief, Beliefs, Ben-Yahuda, Bergen, Bloomington, Body, Boston, Brady, Brian, Briggs
related to Early Modern Europe and Colonial America · 35
Witch hunt → Aragon, Bavaria, Catalan Pyrenees, Christians, Code, Early Modern Europe, Europe, Exodus, France, Further, Germany, Horrifying Deeds, In, It, Kingdom, Learned European, North, Ordinances, Satanic, Scotland
related to List of witch trials · 18
Witch hunt → Aberdeen, Baden, Berwick, Camonica, Christianization, Islands Witch TrialsCopenhagen, Moravia, Osyth WitchesSzeged, Pittenweem, Scottish, Scottish Witch Hunt, St Edmunds, Sámi, Utrecht, Vardø, WarboysWürzburg, Wielka, Witch TrialsRugård
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Witch hunt → America, During, Examples, In, McCarthyite, New York, President Donald Trump, Rather, Researcher James Morone, Stalinist, The, The National Rifle Association, The Telegraph, Twitter, What
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Witch hunt → Africa, Age, Americas, Asia, Belief, Europe, Exploration, It, New Guinea, Reports, The

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witchcraft witch witches death people women witch-hunts europe accused magic trials new early also executed belief isbn reported history modern

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sickness or deathinstance ofIt presents a framework to explain the occurrence of otherwise random misfortunes0.80text
and the witch sorcerer provides an image of evilinstance ofIt presents a framework to explain the occurrence of otherwise random misfortunes0.80text
Ludwig von Pastor insist that the bull neither allowed anything newinstance ofhistorians0.80text
nor was necessarily binding on Catholic consciencesinstance ofhistorians0.80text
Bavariainstance ofThese witch-hunts were at least partly driven by economic factors since a significant relationship between economic pressure and witch hunting activity can be found for regions0.80text
Scotland.In Denmarkinstance ofThese witch-hunts were at least partly driven by economic factors since a significant relationship between economic pressure and witch hunting activity can be found for regions0.80text
the burning of witches increased following the reformation of 1536instance ofThese witch-hunts were at least partly driven by economic factors since a significant relationship between economic pressure and witch hunting activity can be found for regions0.80text
spiritualistsinstance ofThe 1735 act continued to be used until the 1940s to prosecute individuals0.80text
gypsiesinstance ofThe 1735 act continued to be used until the 1940s to prosecute individuals0.80text
albinosinstance ofMost of the accused are women and children but can also be elderly people or marginalised groups of the community0.80text
the HIV-infectedinstance ofMost of the accused are women and children but can also be elderly people or marginalised groups of the community0.80text
wartingsinstance ofsnuff or were indeed receptacles of black magic.The Bemba people believed misfortunes0.80text

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