... the rule. For example, the changes to the legal procedure help to explain the growth of persecution. This evidence isn't absolutely conclusive. Those parts of the Holy Roman Empire, for example, which applied the Imperial Code of Justice strictly, prosecuted far fewer witches than those that did not. The religious changes and ... physical concept. Once this view was widely held among the political elites, witchcraft persecutions based on diabolism died away. By the end of the sixteenth century the centre of witch hunting activity had moved to the Holy Roman Empire. There were 133 execut...

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