Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL witches were hanged in the U.S. and England., but burned in Scotland.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down13
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minus-squarebedwyr@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoA lot of the witch trials were for the church, and the aristocracy, to prevent anyone challenging their authority. Ie, practicing herbal medicine was a big one. Any Shamans of barbarian tribes they wanted to convert, all sorts of stuff like that.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·3 days agoYes, and women put to death for witchcraft had their property given to the church
A lot of the witch trials were for the church, and the aristocracy, to prevent anyone challenging their authority. Ie, practicing herbal medicine was a big one. Any Shamans of barbarian tribes they wanted to convert, all sorts of stuff like that.
Yes, and women put to death for witchcraft had their property given to the church