This semester I’m taking a class entitled “Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe”. We’ve spent a considerable time reading and writing about the witch hunts and witchcraft trials that consumed Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries.

One rather disturbing witchcraft trial involved three women convicted of being witches on the isle of Guernsey in 1617. The isle of Guernsey, located in the English Channel, was a French-speaking possession of the English crown at the time. The women were hanged according to English custom and then were burned according to French custom. What an excellent blend of cultural values! (that’s sarcasm incase you didn’t pick up on it).

[tags]Early Modern Europe, witches, history[/tags]

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