First I have to tell you that I couldn't read most of the first couple of paragraphs, the html is seriously borked. Moving on--
This is a very interesting article. If you read accounts of the witch trials of Salem (those in particular were taught in a lot of schools over here), most of the accusers were women, including women accusing men of witchcraft. Also, the line about living in a small community is so true. I spent most of my high school years living in a town of less than 300 people, and I'm here to tell ya, it sucked. Whenever I'd heard or read that figure of 9 million 'witches' executed, it always seemed really out of proportion to me. The population of Europe in the middle ages just wasn't that huge, 9 million people is approaching the numbers killed by the Plague. If that number were true, it's amazing there were any people left.
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This is a very interesting article. If you read accounts of the witch trials of Salem (those in particular were taught in a lot of schools over here), most of the accusers were women, including women accusing men of witchcraft. Also, the line about living in a small community is so true. I spent most of my high school years living in a town of less than 300 people, and I'm here to tell ya, it sucked.
Whenever I'd heard or read that figure of 9 million 'witches' executed, it always seemed really out of proportion to me. The population of Europe in the middle ages just wasn't that huge, 9 million people is approaching the numbers killed by the Plague. If that number were true, it's amazing there were any people left.