Were Socioeconomic Tensions Responsible for the Witchcraft ...

Witches served a purpose; deviant people served as mod­ els to the rest of society to exemplify socially unaccepta­ ble behavior. But Demos's explanation that witch-hunts were an integral part of social experience, something that bound the community together-sort of a public works project-does not address the physical symptoms of the sufferers. ................
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