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A witch-hunt was traditionally a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, which could lead to a witchcraft trial involving the accused person. Today such events are recognised as a type of moral panic. Witchhunts still occur in the modern era, in many and various communities where religious values condemn the practice of witchcraft and the occult. On a general basis, the term may also denote the persecution of a perceived enemy (commonly socially non-conformist groups) with extreme prejudice and disregard of actual guilt or innocence.
Early modern Europe
For several centuries, predominantly Christian societies believed that Satan was acting through humans and animals.These beliefs can be seen as a reaction to emerging alternatives to the Christian hierarchical order, such as the worldly knowledge and cultural practices brought into a relatively backward Europe from the Middle East by those returning from the Crusades.
Over the centuries, there were extensive efforts to root out the supposed influence of Satan by various measures aimed at the people who were accused of being servants of Satan. To a lesser degree, animals were also targeted for prosecution, as described in the article animal trial. People suspected of being "possessed" by Satan were put on trial. These trials were biased against the witch.
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Seems like comment sections turn into witch hunts at a moment's notice, a boys' club gone bad, when any female is mentioned.
mcbias (MC Bias) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:27:59 -0000
Seems like comment sections turn into witch hunts at a moment's notice, a boys' club gone bad, when any female is mentioned.
@TemporalFlush I can smell witch hunts already, and it will cripple the military's ability to overcome language/culture barriers. Sigh
Karoli (Karoli) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:47:01 -0000
@TemporalFlush I can smell witch hunts already, and it will cripple the military's ability to overcome language/culture barriers. Sigh
@AngMoGirl you and your 'logic'. That doesn't apply to witch hunts.
tjslater (thomas james slater) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:08:04 -0000
@AngMoGirl you and your 'logic'. That doesn't apply to witch hunts.
So, @insaneantics21 just texted me with the following: "My witch hunts teacher just mentioned Cher & her role in 'The Witches of Eastwick.'"
_slowdownsugar (...I'm a diabetic.) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:55:42 -0000
So, @insaneantics21 just texted me with the following: "My witch hunts teacher just mentioned Cher & her role in 'The Witches of Eastwick.'"
I wonder if the Harry Potter books would be acceptable sources for the papers in my witch hunts class...
insaneantics21 (Chelsea) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:53:14 -0000
I wonder if the Harry Potter books would be acceptable sources for the papers in my witch hunts class...
Muslims in America are furtherly fucked now, people will turn a tragedy into anger and witch hunts...
Stfen_1925 (St'fen Anderson) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:15:39 -0000
Muslims in America are furtherly fucked now, people will turn a tragedy into anger and witch hunts...
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Groton In The Witchcraft Times - Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Boston, 1883, 1-29, 3rd series.
Historical Witches and Witchtrials in North America - Compiled by I. Marc Carlson.
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The Context of the Great Witch Craze in Sweden, 1668-1676 - Article by Mary Coghill.
The Malleus Maleficarum - Unabridged online republication of the 1928 edition. Introduction to the 1948 edition is also included. Translation, notes, and two introductions by Montague Summers.
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The Witch Hunts - An archive of texts and documents.
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The Witch-Hunt - About witch hunts through the centuries to the present, including victims, hunters, role of the church, hypotheses on their psychological basis of the fear of witchcraft, bibliography, links, and picture and text archives. [Audio plugin not compatible with all browsers.]
The Witchcraft Bibliography Project - Collect and disseminate bibliographical information about books and articles in many languages about witchcraft in early modern Europe.
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