The Ki. ng&#39$^;s =\ War On Witc:=hes

简介

　　In the )late 1%6th cen.tury^- Euro*pe was in the grip o/ .f a ferociou#s wit+- c*^h hunt, wher+?e th`(=ousa-\=*nds were tortured and? burnt at the s`take. The [\?]church was fully behind thi *s te !%rr#if -)ying cr us!`#ade again]st the:# imagin %ary en\emies *of^ Chr
=/istianity. In Fr%(ance and Germany alon :e, up to 40,000 people ma) #_y have been ki*$:$/lled as witches. But .*Engla]nd #and Scotland were .almos,%t unt]o[/uch:`ed b^#
y - witch persecutions until King J+a
mes him.self/_ de#?cid, ed to l /aunch #[his o.*w=n, person_ al /$war on witchcraft.　　In 159(`7 @Ki`n*g  James VI of Scot)+l@@_and @)`publi.shed &*.#39`Daemono?logy', a;( handbook on h*ow to (_recogn@,ise and ),`destroy,-$ witches+.,) The book explored
 ] the= threa_t that =/] 9th=[o@-se *^^Detes `table slaves of the Devi l&#?+39, po]))sed to James hi`#mself. It.= fuelled wave$ s of witch hunting throughout `+Brit$a#](=in.　　Th
$/:e lega cy #of`)- James' &# :39;_]^Daemo.$^nolog):y ' c:ont( i.\%nued t!hrou\.ghout the 17th century-_, and led to t+$;he \\/torture _/,?and execution] =(of h.un`dreds of women in a seri, !es \ of/; * infamous?^ witch tri$; als. %,No-o ne ,knows e:xactly how many men an-(#d women died in th ese trials,  such as:, the,,? Pendle t(ria?l of 1612, or how many;+ others w; %er
@e killed in cases th _at never came to court. The doc+ume^;ntary reveals the purges, in many a*reas$+ of Britain dr[ew direc@=:*t@ly o(n King James' book. Also for(! the first ti;me, remark,%?a ble +[ new arch^]aeologic[_a+!=l .$ evid 
ence f%(ro\!m Cornwa!ll,*]%# sugge+#sts%_ t/#ha-))$t wit%#chcr( af,%t ,-)was ,+ac\+t-=ively practic;ed]: *:for ce! =)nturie)\`,s, [*even d/\u= ring the most intense per-]iods o.=f witch-huntin ?@g . Exp]=(.erimenta_.l ar=chaeologist .[-Jacqui Wo;o`[\.d has excavated s
+trange 
=pits l%)ined with sw!\a#.,n?&!^# 39s f+. *ea[]th)/ers, and fi]
lled with animal sk$@in.$s and^ human !%:rema(/ins. Sh :e believ/es t)h]e pits w(ere ritual$$ o,:f/ferin$;+gs inspir`
`ed by witchcraft beli?)ef# s.