The age of witch hunts
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- "Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone elses witch"-Walter Kim In Europe around 50,000 people were killed for witchcraft between 1400-1800 here you can get a chance to learn how life was in those times.
- German Inquistor Heinrich KramerWrote the Hammer of Witches1430-1505
- Time to go to a witch execution, I hope everything goes smoothly
- The witch hunts started because the kings were holding on to their power dearly and they thought witches were a threat to them, so they made witchcraft illegal.
- Nice to meet you
- Okay so you see people are not sure why the weather is so bad and why the crops are failing so they have to have a reason for so they blame people who they don't like for doing it and they are denounced as witches. Mainly belief in superstition, male domination and lack of education led to witch hunts.
- MR. Kramer! I read your book, The Hammer of Witches!
- I was wondering why everyone is calling each other a witch?
- Trier, Germany
- Oh, thank you for telling
- Oh, you can learn all about spotting witches in the newspaper, I gave an interview to them
- Hello Mr.Schonenburg I know you are a really famous witch hunter. Can you tell me how to spot a witch?
- Johann von SchonenburgWitch Hunter of TrierHas found 900+ witchesQualified to hunt witches from the German Goverment
- Okay, thank you
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