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It’s spooky season, witches!  This week, Liz and Dakota look at the history of European Witches, starting with where they came from, to why the Church was obsessed with them, to the identification of a witch, to nocturnal emissions.  Come with us on a journey to discover what thing wicked this way comes. 

Episode Notes

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2022%3A18&version=KJV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/history-witches-facts-burned-hanged/

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/journey-into-witchcraft-beliefs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum

https://qz.com/1183992/why-europe-was-overrun-by-witch-hunts-in-early-modern-history/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/The-witch-hunts

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/the-witch-trials/



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