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2. Malleus Maleficarum - Wikipedia

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   The book is rather unclear, but the impetus behind male witches seems to come more from desire for power than from disbelief or lust, as it claims is the case for female witches. Indeed, the very title of the Malleus Maleficarum is feminine, alluding to the idea that it was women who were the villains.

3. Are witches real? Everything to know on spells, magic and more

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   And, of course, there was the dark chapter in America's own history when, in 1692, dozens of men and women (as young as four years old) were arrested and charged with suspicion of witchcraft in ...

4. Witch hunt - Wikipedia

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   The 1647 book, The Discovery of Witches, soon became an influential legal text. The book was used in the American colonies as early as May 1647, when Margaret Jones was executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts, [66] the first of 17 people executed for witchcraft in the Colonies from 1647 to 1663. [67] lithograph depicting Salem witch trials, 1892

5. A Discovery of Witches - Wikipedia

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   A Discovery of Witches is a 2011 historical-fantasy novel and the debut novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness.It follows Diana Bishop, a history of science professor at Yale University, as she embraces her magical blood after finding a long-thought-lost manuscript and engages in a forbidden romance with a charming vampire, Matthew Clairmont.

6. 30 Best Books About Witches for a Spooky Autumn Read - AOL

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   The Penguin Book of Witches. Per the publisher, The Penguin Book of Witches "is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends." If you're ...

7. Matthew Hopkins - Wikipedia

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   Frontispiece from Matthew Hopkins's The Discovery of Witches (1647), showing witches identifying their familiar spirits. Following the Lancaster Witch Trials (1612–1634), William Harvey, physician to King Charles I of England, had been ordered to examine the four women accused, [29] and from this there came a requirement to have material proof of being a witch. [30]