After confessing to these practices of diabolical witchcraft before the Inquisition court, the inquisitors asked the defendants two final questions in which they were to formally acknowledge their ...

The persecutions were initiated by Innocent VIII with the bull Summis desiderantes, which ordered the inquisition, torture, and killing of those practicing witchcraft (particularly in Germany).

Painting shows people fainting and causing disorder in courtroom during the trial of a suspected witch in 1692 (Getty) In the study, scientists assessed how new ideas about witchcraft spread ...

The Malleus Maleficarum, or The Hammer of Witches, is one of the best-known ... He was an inquisitor (an official of an ...

Age was another factor in witch trials. Older women, especially those past childbearing age, were frequently suspected of ...

In 1584, an English gentleman named Reginald Scott wrote The Discovery of Witchcraft. The book sets out rational and religious reasons not to believe in witchcraft and exposes tricks and illusions ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The idea of witches had been present in folklore all the way back to the time of the ancient Romans. But a persecution on this scale ...

Kisii, Kenya: A senior chief’s mission to rescue a suspected witch in Kisii County landed him in hospital. Caleb Okengo was mercilessly beaten up by an angry mob in Nyamondo location when he ...

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Doten-Snitker explains that once these manuals entered circulation, they provided a framework for how local authorities could manage suspected witchcraft in their communities. For their study ...