Were Pre-Modern European Witchhunts Mysogynistic?

Witch hunting in modern Europe is an aversion to women. Anne Llewellyn Barstow seems to think in her article "Walcraft is a historical study of women and persecution of the witches of Europe". Conversely, as Robin Briggs stated in his article "Women as Victims: Witches, Judges and Communities", witch hunting is not entirely based on hatred against women. The witch boom that once struck Europe might be due to a misunderstanding of the plot. Evaluation of magic in Europe is an opportunity to delve into the problem of misogyny.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, modern customs that their practitioners recognized as "magic" grew dramatically. Generally described as European rituals and spirituality restoration before Christianity, they are various degrees of magic, shamanism, folk remedies, psychotherapy, elements and spirit of the call, ancient God and prototype worship, and nature It is understood to include. The group of neopagans that became publicly available first in the 1950s and 1960s was clerics of Briketwood of Gerald Gardner and the clan of Tuba Caine of Roy Bauer. They are working as early secret societies. Other personal practitioners and writers like Paul Hewson claim to inherit the magical tradition that survived.

Modern Europe witch hunting is a disgusting woman? Anne Llewellyn Barstow seems to think in her article "Walcraft is a historical study of women and persecution of the witches of Europe". On the contrary, Robin Briggs opposed, as his article "Women are victims", is the witch's hunting completely based on hatred against women? A witch's epidemic that hit Europe quickly may be due to a misunderstanding of the plot. Evaluation of magic in Europe is an opportunity to delve into the problem of ominous women.

In the 3 rd century of the early modern European history, various societies consumed for the witches panic between them. Especially magic in Central Europe brought trial, torture and execution of tens of thousands of victims, of which approximately three quarters were women. An adult woman in Europe is not subject to such massive atrocities before and after that. Hunting in early modern Europe was done against the background of rapid changes in society, economy, and religion. As can be seen in the following modern case studies, this common pressure - including epidemics and epidemics of natural disasters - is almost always the center of this type of large hysteria outbreak. The analysis of Jenny Gibbons links witch hunting to other "panic" in modern Europe.