Witch Hunt Av Kristen J. (kristen J. Sollee) Sollee

A confluence of political, economic and religious factors in the early modern era inspired witch hysteria to ignite like wildfire in Italy, France, England and northern Europe, which would then go on to follow early colonists into America. At the heart of these accusations were warped ideas about the supposed evils of female sexuality and the female body. Women were often named as the driving force behind the influx of "witches" in these communities and they were disproportionately punished for it.The European and American witch hunts between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries are usually glossed over in American schools, although this time period greatly informs our ideas about who and what witches are. This lineage of oppression remains an important and often overlooked reference point through which we can contemplate women''s rights - and human rights - in the Western world and beyond. In WITCH HUNT, Kristen Sollee, a second-generation witch herself, retraces the steps of the f

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