Toil and Trouble: Witches in Early Modern Europe

From the 15th to the 18th century, much of Europe was gripped by a mass fervour: to discover, and punish, the supernatural beings that so clearly lived among ordinary people. At least 40,000 people are thought to have been executed in the witch-hunts. This ebook, taken from the pages of History Today magazine, offers a comprehensive overview of the witch craze, and covers the great witch-trial of Navarre, the relationship between witchcraft and Christianity, the reasons for the demise of witch-hunting and its curious persistence in spite of the scepticism engendered by the Enlightenment.