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To What Extent Was The European Witch-hunt Essentially A German Phenomenon In The Period From 1560 To 1660?
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Date : 25/05/2022
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Uploaded on : 25/05/2022
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From 1560-1660, it can be stated that the Holy Roman Empire under Charles V was the area in which the majority of witchcraft accusations, trials and executions took place. It was a collective state at the centre of Europe where religious tension, conflict and decentralisation was common to see. Although, it can be classified that the European witch-hunt was essentially a German phenomenon throughout the 16th and 17th centuries the prominence of witch hunts were a common occurrence more to do with Central Europe rather than specifically the Holy Roman Empire. Witch-hunts were also an overall European phenomenon as well but in places such as the British Isles, Western Europe and the American colonies which were much more insignificant and less of a phenomenon than Central Europe.
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