Between the years of 1470 and 1700, thousands of women were killed, burned at the stake, in an effort to end witchcraft. After about 1700, fewer women were killed off when society began to get too chaotic.
During the 15th century many problems arose in the common person’s life, sickness, death, poverty, high infant immortality. To try to explain these reoccurrences people began to blame women of practicing witchcraft. It was also used as a religious weapon; if some one didn’t believe in God or go to church, it was theorized that the devil had taken over their soul. According to a midwife of Dilling
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