Witchcraft trials

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The real people accused of witchcraft across Europe centuries ago were just ordinary people like yourself.

If I asked you to imagine a witch this might be the type of image you think of.

The myth of the witch

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Witch hunting in Early Modern Europe

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This is an extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in 1612 in the trial of her own mother, her brother, her sister and many of her neighbours; thanks to her chilling testimony, they were all hanged.

ThE trials of the Pendle Witches

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