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Most of the victims of the witch hunts were women.
Question 1:
Most of the victims of the witch hunts were women. However, there were some men also burned, accused of being witches. This is why.
A.
They were more intelligent than other people
B.
They collected herbs
C.
They tried to protect women accused of witchcraft
D.
They often went out for a walk during full moon
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The witch hunts started as a result of the superstitions of some Catholic Monks. This Dominican monk is considered to be the initiator of the witch hunts as he prepared a detailed manual of deviltry for the Church. It did not take long before women in Southern France were sent to the stake, condemned for cohabitation with the devil.
The first woman accused of witchcraft was burned around 1275. This was the reason for her condemnation.
Many of witchcraft confessions were extorted by means of torture, called ordeal. This method of torture was not used during the process of the ordeal.
Burning women who were supposedly witches was a common practice on the European continent. In England, however, they punished witches in this way.
Most of the victims of the witch hunts were women. However, there were some men also burned, accused of being witches. This is why.
As the witch hunts expanded, any woman could be tried as a witch, but in the beginning these were the most common victims of the Holy Inquisition.
It was a common conception that the number of people involved in the witchcraft activities could be boundless. For example, in 1609 the witch hunting French official Pierre de Lancre stated that all 30,000 dwellers of the French region Labourd were witches, including these people.
The famous Salem Witch trial started with an incident in January, 1692. A Caribbean-born slave was accused of initiating the witch phenomenon. Twenty more people were killed as no one of them confessed to being a witch. What was the reason that triggered the Salem witch craze?
This was a common torture method used in Scotland, which made the accused witch confess her deeds. The method caused hallucinations and made it easy for the inquisitors to extort confessions to flying, turning into animals, meeting the devil and taking part in witches’ Sabbaths.
Witch hunts still exist today. In 1981 a woman was killed by the mob, throwing stones at her as they believed she was a witch. This was the reason for stoning her to death.
According to the Old Testament, the prophet Hosea was instructed by God to marry a prostitute.
Psalm 119 is the longest psalm in the Bible. How many verses does it contain?
According to the Old Testament, Moses was 105 years old when he died.
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