OCTOBER 22 • 2020 | 5
10.28.20 6:00p
It has been argued that the “witch craze”—
stretching from roughly the mid-15th to the
mid-17th centuries and claiming the lives of over
50,000 people, overwhelmingly women—was
cultural undertaking since the eclipse of the
and South America, to Iceland, through western
witch trials of this period are marked by their
historical, cultural, and religious complexity.
What precipitated this continent-wide outbreak
of violence? What did a witch-trial look like?
How did so-called “witch-hunters” operate?
Did witches even exist? How were these trials
depicted in early printing? What did sorcery and
magical practice actually look like in the medieval
questions to better discover witchcraft together.
A Discovery of Witchcraft
Witches, Witch-Hunting & Magical
Practice in Early Modern Europe
1120 E Kearsley St, Flint
The Sheppy Dog Fund, Dr. Alan
Klein, Advisor, presents topics of
art, religion, and history through
its funded lecture series.
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746–1828, Witches’ Flight, ca. 1798,
Oil on canvas. Copyright © Museo Nacional del Prado.
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