History and Evidences of Witchcraft Around the World and the Philippines
History of Witchcraft Little was it known for us people living in the 21st Century that witchcraft has a vast and long history. Witches were hated and avoided at. They have been accused of casting evil spells for which they have faced trials that condemned them their deaths.
In the Middle Ages to the 1700’s, in accordance with buzzle.com, in which they have stated in their website, “Starting from around 700 A.D., this practice [witchcraft] was viewed more and more as heresy, or the rejection of the teachings of the church in Europe. Thus was begun a long campaign by the Christian church to eradicate heresy. From around the 1000s, heretics began to be sentenced to death by burning by religious leaders.” Furthermore, the Inquisition, which started around 1230, was actually an endeavor by the church to hunt out and punish them and force them to follow the teachings of the church in Europe. This started the long campaign by the Christian Church to eradicate heresy. In due course, the Christian churches as well as the nonreligious, and secular courts began persecuting witches. Actually, right after the 1500’s, it was in the secular courts where most of the trials were executed. Just as they have said in the website, historians were skeptical and doubtful whether the worship for the devil was ever actually widespread and pervasive. In spite of this, the stories that were spread made a world of extreme fear and anxiety. “It was during the late 1500s and the early 1600s that the trials reached their peak in Europe. Many of the victims, comprising mostly women, were usually charged falsely of witchcraft. Most of these women, accused, were cruelly tortured until they were forced to confess. Then they were imprisoned, banished, or were executed. “, says buzzle.com. “In the American Colonies, particularly in New England, a small number of women incriminated as witches were persecuted from the middle of the 1600s to the early part of the 1700s. While some faced banishment,
In the Middle Ages to the 1700’s, in accordance with buzzle.com, in which they have stated in their website, “Starting from around 700 A.D., this practice [witchcraft] was viewed more and more as heresy, or the rejection of the teachings of the church in Europe. Thus was begun a long campaign by the Christian church to eradicate heresy. From around the 1000s, heretics began to be sentenced to death by burning by religious leaders.” Furthermore, the Inquisition, which started around 1230, was actually an endeavor by the church to hunt out and punish them and force them to follow the teachings of the church in Europe. This started the long campaign by the Christian Church to eradicate heresy. In due course, the Christian churches as well as the nonreligious, and secular courts began persecuting witches. Actually, right after the 1500’s, it was in the secular courts where most of the trials were executed. Just as they have said in the website, historians were skeptical and doubtful whether the worship for the devil was ever actually widespread and pervasive. In spite of this, the stories that were spread made a world of extreme fear and anxiety. “It was during the late 1500s and the early 1600s that the trials reached their peak in Europe. Many of the victims, comprising mostly women, were usually charged falsely of witchcraft. Most of these women, accused, were cruelly tortured until they were forced to confess. Then they were imprisoned, banished, or were executed. “, says buzzle.com. “In the American Colonies, particularly in New England, a small number of women incriminated as witches were persecuted from the middle of the 1600s to the early part of the 1700s. While some faced banishment,