The-$ King'^s/]( War On Witches

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　　In th[e late]!= 16th century Europe was !`in+:: t@he grip of a feroc- ious wit*;ch hu[`:nt, where thousan\ +ds ))wer! @e to #rtured and #$burn t#]% at th @,e stak%e$. The%/* church was fu?lly beh\ind^. this te $?rrifying crus,_ ade a?(g/)ainst the imag=#@^inar]\y enem ies of ., Chri ?stian/ ity. ^ I%_-.n ( France and Germany al;one up +to 40,000 p*eople^, may have been kil-led @-\as wi`t( ;ches. B,ut Englan`!d a ;@nd Scotl#%]and were](* almost u??nt@:ouched by witch persecu-tions_ until King -=(:James h\imself decided to l$_:aunc%h h@]*is ow:n, person=a

l$^, wa, r on wi_%[ tchcraft.　　In 1597@$[ King Jame/%#s VI=:\ of Scotlan (d *pub((`lished 'Da\,emo;(no=-logy', ): a han+ dbook  ;?on h!@ow t\=o recognise#_ a%
n=d destr]oy, witches. The book e?xplored the t: ^hr =eat  that ^).'th +os:=e Detestable$ s!?,laves of the D evil&#\\39, posed to =`James himsel(:,f. It fue+ l\led w; aves of wi=tch hun tin]:g t\^h.-roughout B-ritain.　　The -@^lega_/cy /*of ;,James' 'Daemon o/]logy' continu@ed  throug%h
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o* ut the 17th century, and le [d to the  torture an]@d ex%+ecution of hundreds of( #women:( in a s$_e.$ries of in_@famous witch t+ + rials. No-(!\%o
ne k:nows e@xa`\ c;]tly how many men and wom)!*:en died in t^+hese @ tr]\,ials
/, such as the Pendle t
_rial [of@@ 1612, or how` many o /..thers^% wer,=e k!i_?lled in cases t_` \hat nev.er/? c !(ame to court. The documenta-%ry ]!!(revea-[ls the+^:? pu)]@rg !;es in m,@any areas of Britain drew (#directly on King ]:@@)Jam(:es' book. Also for the fi
),rst time, re+ .markable new a/%rcha?!eological evi$=$
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nce from Cornwall, s+%_uggests th_#at  witchcraft was++[^ actively: ]?\);p (racti=@%c$@ed for c+*\;enturi.es_(, -/=even during the +most in _-tense periods o *f w_/_(i+#tch[-hunting. E[.xperimental =*archaeologist Ja#+cqui Wo^/o]=^d has \e. xc@a%;v(* ated -$str=:ange pits li^ne/d with swan&/ #39-s feat!# he])?r _s, and filled with animal skin@)s )@#)and h[(um+ /an remains. She bel *ieves th;!e!# p its were rit\! ual of-/feri:!ng()s i:nspired by witchcraft beliefs.