In most other parts of Europe, though, women were predominantly the victims of witch hunts. One source estimates that about 80% of people executed for witchcraft were women. In Salem, 4 out of the ...

Witch hunts can erupt suddenly, as during the COVID-19 pandemic, when terrified people searched for scapegoats. But when rates of these assaults have stayed high over decades—such as in Europe ...

Witch-hunts in mid-millennial Europe were inextricably linked with concerns over climate change. This was the era of the Little Ice Age, ...

Witch hunts remain a "global problem in the 21st century," Deutsche Welle said, and it is such a pervasive issue that Aug. 10 has even been designated "World Day Against Witch Hunts." Thousands of ...

Witch hunts remain a "global problem in the 21st century," Deutsche Welle said, and is such a pervasive issue that Aug. 10 has even been designated "World Day Against Witch Hunts." "Thousands of ...

Back in the UK it was Henry VIII who first defined witchcraft as a crime punishable by death in 1542. But the most notorious royal witch-hunter of all time was James VI of Scotland, who went on to ...

When witch hunts stalked northern Canada in the not-too-distant past. Although purged from mainstream history, Canada had its own deadly witch hunts as destructive as anything that happened in Salem.

How Trumpian, how MAGA this all seems to me. Trump, ironically, orchestrates witch hunts of his own. What else was Jan. 6, the day a howling mob stormed the U.S. Capitol chanting “hang Mike ...

Theatrical witch hunts Kay Daly talks about witches onstage, from the 1600s to today. by Kerry Reid October 16, 2024 October 16, 2024. Share this: Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window ...

SAS witch hunts have damaged morale and led to a recruitment crisis within the elite regiment, says a former commanding officer. Brigadier Ed Butler, who commanded the SAS in the wake of the 9/11 a… ...

For years, feminist scholars have argued that witch hunts were inspired by a reactionary, misogynistic church. But new scholarship, like Lyndal Roper's "Witch Craze," reveals that the real ...