witch hunt
How do you spot a witch? This notorious 15th-century book gave instructions – and helped execute thousands of women
By Melissa Chim — October 21, 2021
(The Conversation) — Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her hands.
Author Kristen J. Sollée takes a journey to the ‘witchy history places’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 30, 2020
(RNS) — Kristen J. Sollée's book 'Witch Hunt' is part travelogue, part memoir, with a dash of historical fiction, and it comes at a time when, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, readers aren't able to travel.
What witch-finders can teach us about today’s world
By David Frankfurter — May 18, 2017
(The Conversation) A focus on fear and evil forces could actually contribute to a leader’s charisma. He or she becomes the one person who knows the extent of a threat and also how to address it.
The ‘Splainer: Why is the Halloween witch mean and green?
By Kimberly Winston — October 27, 2015
(RNS) The first witches were healers, herbalists, midwives and wise women. How did our image of the Halloween witch evolve, and why? Let us ‘Splain ...
Descendants want justice for Connecticut witches
By Ann Marie Somma — October 1, 2012
HARTFORD, Conn. (RNS) Connecticut was executing suspected witches some 40 years before Salem, Mass. Scores of others were put on trial until witchcraft was no longer listed as a capital crime in 1715. But unlike other states, Connecticut has yet to acknowledge those sent to the gallows. And descendants are trying to change that. By Ann Marie Somma.
Bachmann, Kevin Bacon, and the Witch Hunt against Muslims
By Omid Safi — July 18, 2012
Senator McCain, in refuting Bachmann's witch hunt: “This is about who we are as a nation and who we still aspire to be."
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