witch trial

…witch trials, a series of persecutions for alleged witchcraft conducted in Europe and the Americas from the 15th to the 18th century. This period covers the end of the late Middle Ages and the subsequent early modern period. During the era of the trials, witchcraft was increasingly regarded not only…

…involved in one of the cases, in 1634, and had to examine four women accused of witchcraft. At a time when belief in witches was commonplace and to deny their existence was heresy, it would have been very easy to interpret any suspicious behaviour or mark on the body as…