The Unfair Prosecution of Women: Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

Introduction and research process Malleus Maleficarum was written about prosecution of witches by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. The purpose of this work is to prove that magic is true and that it is practiced primarily by women. It is widely believed that about 60,000 people were executed and about twice as many people were tried. The question is why the witch has become such an ordinary crime, why women are prosecuted for witches.

In the following discussion / paragraph, magic and modern European magic will be less noticeable than the study of modern German magic and magic. In particular, as it is the center of magic and magic, the main focus will be in South Germany. In addition, I will give some examples to introduce examples of special magic and hunting. First, I will learn how to use the word "witch" in history, language, and etymology. Then I will refer to the two authors of Malleus maleficarum and their ideas about witch and magic. In Chapter 4, social background should be reviewed. In this paragraph, we represent the defendant and explain the reason for that claim. In the last chapter, it represents early modern German witch hunting

In the early days of modern Europe, a large moral panic about magic attacked Europe and then attacked North European colonies in Europe. During this period, the malicious devil witch was widely claimed to be an organizational threat to the Christian world. As a result, tens of thousands of women were prosecuted for witchcraft and executed through the witch trials of the early modern era (15th - 18th centuries). The death penalty is widely used, but the voice of reform is not known. Moses Maimonides, a Jewish law scholar in the 12th century stated as follows. When the crime of the accused is executed in a way that is less than absolute certainty, the burden of evidence will decrease until conviction is given based only on "the judgment of the judge".