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The last witch trial resulting in an execution in France was likely that of Louis Debaraz, who was executed in Lyon in 1745. He was executed as the last of several men implicated in the Lyon witch trials in 1743–1745, in which several men were charged with making a Devil's pact in order to find hidden treasures, following the case of Bertrand ...
Catherine Quicquat (died 1448) was a French woman who was executed for witchcraft. [1]She is one of the most well documented of the victims of the Valais witch trials.Her case was one of the first in the Pays de Vaud.
About eighty people were accused of practicing witchcraft in a witch-hunt that lasted throughout New England from 1647 to 1663. Thirteen women and two men were executed. [ 4 ] The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people.
French people executed for witchcraft (26 P) Pages in category "Witch trials in France" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
In parallel with the witch trials of Guyenne and Bearn in 1670-72, it was one of the two last great witch hunts in France. It has an important role in the history of French witch trials, because together with the witch trials of Guyenne and Bearn, it resulted in an intervention from king Louis XIV of France , who stopped them, and introduced an ...
Catherine Cadière, or Marie-Catherine Cadière (12 November 1709 in Toulon, year of death unknown), was an alleged French witch. The trial of Catherine Cadière in 1731 is one of the most famous of its kind in French history, and have been referred to many times in literature, notably in the pornographic novel Thérèse philosophe.
Her case was an early one, as the European witch hunt did not fully take place before the second half of the 16th century. It was somewhat uncommon for the Inquisition to execute people for witchcraft, as they normally focused in heresy, and witch trials were often handled by secular authorities.
Pages in category "French people executed for witchcraft" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.