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In the early 20th century, several witch hunting movements spread from Northern Ghana's shrine Tongnaab into Southern Ghana and into Nigeria. Those movements tended to stay rather peaceful, while harassment, beating and fining of accused persons occurred on a regular basis.
Witch-hunts increased again in the 17th century. The witch trials in Early Modern Europe included the Basque witch trials in Spain, the Fulda witch trials in Germany, the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, and the Torsåker witch trials in Sweden. There were also witch-hunts during the 17th century in the American colonies.
According to Gerald Gardner, who popularised Wicca in the twentieth century, the religion is a survival of a European witch-cult that was persecuted during the witch trials (sometimes called the Burning Times), and the strong element of secrecy that traditionally surrounds the religion was adopted as a reaction to that persecution.
So if you meet or know a modern-day witch, they’re also living in the 21st century. They aren’t idiots, stupid or gullible just for having a different belief system than you. 3.
Witch trials in the early modern period from 1450 to 1750 and especially from 1580 to 1630. Dancing plague of 1518 – a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg , Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire ) in July 1518 wherein numerous people took to dancing for days.
Margaret Barclay (died 1618), was an accused witch put on trial in 1618, 'gently' tortured, confessed and was strangled and burned at the stake in Irvine, Scotland. [1] Her case was written about with horror (Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, 1830) by the romantic novelist Sir Walter Scott, [1] and in the 21st century, a campaign for a memorial in the town and for a pardon for Barclay and ...
Burns's initial interest in the Salem Witch Trials led them to explore its North Andover analog. Bernard Rosenthal invited them to be the project manager and associate editor of the book Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt. [5] [6] [7] The book expanded on previous scholarship, including new court documents and corrected earlier scholarship errors. [8]
The novel explores the occurrence of modern-day hysteria through juxtaposition against the Salem Witch Trials. Becky Nurse of Salem (2019) by Sarah Ruhl is a play in which a modern descendant of Rebecca Nurse examines the injustice done during the Salem witch trials and the effects those trials continue to have in the present. Ruhl also ...