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  2. Witch trials in the early modern period - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 75% to 85% of those accused in the early modern witch trials were women, [10] [126] [127] [128] and there is certainly evidence of misogyny on the part of those persecuting witches, evident from quotes such as "[It is] not unreasonable that this scum of humanity, [witches], should be drawn chiefly from the feminine sex" (Nicholas ...

  3. Category:Early Modern witch hunts - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Early Modern witch hunts" ... Witch trials in the early modern period; B. The Burning Times; D.

  4. List of people executed for witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    Witch-hunts increased again in the 17th century. The witch trials in Early Modern Europe included the Basque witch trials in Spain, the Fulda witch trials in Germany, the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, and the Torsåker witch trials in Sweden. There were also witch-hunts during the 17th century in the American colonies.

  5. Witchcraft in North America - Wikipedia

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    The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93. These witch trials were the most famous in British North America and took place in the coastal settlements near Salem, Massachusetts. Prior to the witch trials, nearly three hundred men and women had been suspected of partaking in witchcraft, and nineteen of these people were hanged, and one was ...

  6. Witch hunt - Wikipedia

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    The witch trials in Early Modern Europe came in waves and then subsided. There were trials in the 15th and early 16th centuries, but then the witch scare went into decline, before becoming a major issue again and peaking in the 17th century; particularly during the Thirty Years' War. What had previously been a belief that some people possessed ...

  7. Category:Witch trials - Wikipedia

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    This category is for individual (specific) trials/cases in the context of the Witch trials in the early modern period. For generic topics involving the early modern witch-hunts/trials, use Category:Early Modern witch hunts. For topics related to witch-hunting outside of the Early Modern period, use Category:Witch hunting

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  9. Bury St Edmunds witch trials - Wikipedia

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    The Path of the Devil: Early Modern Witch Hunts. Rowman & Littlefield 2006 Lanham ISBN 0-7425-4697-7; Notestein, Wallace, A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Kessinger Publishing: U.S.A. 2003 ISBN 0-7661-7918-4; Discovery of the Beldam Witch Trials: The Examinations, Confessions and Information Taken; in 1645 Essex. USA, 2016.