Witch trials were known to be a European phenomenon. But they were carried out only in certain areas, while not at all in other areas or held only a relatively limited. The current state of research is still very patchy, but it should still be pretty sure, that Germany was the center of European witch trials….

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Schormann, Gerhard: The war against the witches, the extermination program of the Elector of Cologne, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Göttingen 1991 Dieses Buch wird von der Bayrischen Staatsbibliothek als Download provided.