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The witch trials in Poland started later than in most of Europe, not beginning in earnest until the second half of the 17th century, but they also lasted longer than they did elsewhere. Despite being formally banned in 1776, the law was not evenly enforced for the next half century, even after the witch trials had ended or become a rarity in ...
The Doruchów witch trial was a witch trial which took place in the village of Doruchów in Poland in the 18th century. [1] It was the last mass trial of sorcery and witchcraft in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The trial allegedly resulted in the execution of 14 women in 1775, and led to the ban on witch burning in Poland.
Barbara Królka (died 1664 [1] or 1670 [2]), was a Polish alleged witch. Her case was among the more famed of Polish witch trials. [citation needed] She was accused of having cast a spell upon Wacław Jeziorkowski and his family. Królka was also blamed for having caused by magic the plague which took place almost fifty years earlier in 1624.
Other witch trials in Bygdoszcz. The courts over witches were also held in Bygdoszcz in 1630, 1657-1658, 1668 and 1669-1670. ... [Witchcraft trials in Poland in the ...
The Kasina Wielka witch trial occurred in 1634 in the small rural village of Prąmnik in Kraków, Poland. Zofia Konstancja and Agnieszka Michałowska were convicted of witchcraft . Konstancia was burned at the stake on 11 August 1634, and Michałowska was burned on 5 September 1634.
The Põlula witch trials is significant as the first witch trial in the Baltics with more than one execution, and alongside the Paide witch trials in 1615 (where nine people were executed), it remained one of the largest witch trials in the region, where witch trials commonly only resulted in one or two executions at the same occasion and ...
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The witch trials in Early Modern Europe came in waves and then subsided. ... The last known official witch-trial was the Doruchów witch trial in Poland in 1783.