Were Socioeconomic Tensions Responsible for the Witchcraft ...

The last execution for witchcraft in England occurred in 1712 and in Scotland in 1727. On the ContiĀ­ nent, royal edicts put an end to such persecutions before the close of the seventeenth century. The Salem witch trials represent one of the most thorĀ­ oughly studied episodes in American history. ................
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