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This situation eventually resulted in one of the earliest mass witch trials in Europe: the Navarre witch trials (1525-26). On the assignment of the Navarrese authorities, a witchcraft committee was formed and a commissioner travelled the Pyrenées to identify witches. He managed to have an unknown number of people executed and their property ...
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.
Witch trials were comparably uncommon in Spain, and most of them took place in Catalonia and Navarre. While witch trials were uncommon in the rest of Spain, the witch trials in Catalonia had similarities with the witch trials in the rest of Western Europe, and are therefore a separate chapter in the context of witch trials in Spain. Around 400 ...
The Navarrese witch hunt, however, provoked intervention by the Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition [de; eo; es]. In August 1525, the Inquisition was granted jurisdiction over the witch hunt, and 30 people accused of witchcraft were handed over to them. They also insisted on inspecting the ongoing witch trials.
A missing British couple have been found dead in their car amid the devastating flooding throughout Spain.. According to the BBC, Don, 78, and Terri Turner, 74, were last seen in Pedralba on ...
At least 155 people were killed in flash floods in the region, local emergency services said. The region is a big part of Spain's economy, with significant auto and manufacturing industries.
Spanish people executed for witchcraft (11 P) Pages in category "Witch trials in Spain" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Friends have identified the South Florida family of three who were killed in a fiery plane crash in rural Virginia Sunday.. They are Alfredo Díez Seoane, his wife Kenya and their 3-year-old son ...