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The Western European witch-hunt in the 16th and 17th centuries
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The European witch-trials became numerous in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A large number of witches were imprisoned and many of them were executed at the stake. The ubiquitous social strain brought on the witch-hunt, and the witch became the scapegoat. Study on the witch-hunt provides a special perspective on the transition of Western Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Title: The Western European witch-hunt in the 16th and 17th centuries
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The European witch-trials became numerous in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
A large number of witches were imprisoned and many of them were executed at the stake.
The ubiquitous social strain brought on the witch-hunt, and the witch became the scapegoat.
Study on the witch-hunt provides a special perspective on the transition of Western Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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