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The Witch Craze in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 1486-1660s
(Special Event)
Professor Teofilo Ruiz (UCLA) will speak on the rise of widespread belief in witchcraft in western European society at the end of the Middle Ages. Placing the witch hunt within complex and diverse social, political, economic, and cultural contexts, the lecture examines the nature of witchcraft-belief, the methods deployed by different polities throughout most of northern Europe to eradicate witches, and the manner in which almost 100,000 people, mostly old women, were executed because of the widespread belief that witchcraft and Satanism were real. More information...
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