Economics and Religious Controversies "Hunting Witches"
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? Graded Assignment HST560A: AP World History | Unit 6 | Lesson 07: Economic and Religious Controversies Name: Date: Graded Assignment Hunting Witches Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (20 points) Score Witch hunting hysteria grew heated in Europe in the late fifteenth century. Accused witches were thought to have made agreements to worship the devil in exchange for supernatural powers. They were conveniently blamed for virtually any misfortune ? from lost livestock to deadly hailstorms. Over the next century and half, some 60,000 ?witches? were put to death in Europe, the great majority of them women from the fringes of society.
