Early modern European witch trials

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:accusedOf	witchcraft
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:military gptkb:execution gptkb:superstition mass hysteria torture demonology witch hunts
gptkbp:commonPunishment	beheading hanging burning at the stake
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:Age_of_Enlightenment late 17th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Early modern European witch trials
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Protestant_Reformation gptkb:Catholic_Counter-Reformation religious authorities secular authorities
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Carolina_Code gptkb:Canon_Episcopi gptkb:Malleus_Maleficarum
gptkbp:location	gptkb:England gptkb:France gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Italy gptkb:Poland gptkb:Scotland gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:North_Berwick_witch_trials gptkb:Salem_witch_trials gptkb:Fulda_witch_trials gptkb:Bamberg_witch_trials gptkb:Pendle_witch_trials gptkb:Würzburg_witch_trials gptkb:Basque_witch_trials gptkb:Trier_witch_trials
gptkbp:occurredIn	gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:period	16th century 17th century 18th century 15th century
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:law European folklore social tensions demonology literature witchcraft beliefs
gptkbp:victim	gptkb:women children men 40,000–60,000
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Witches'_Sabbath
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7