Witch trials in Early Modern Europe

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:plague
gptkb:dam
gptkb:Thirty_Years'_War
Catholic Church
social upheaval
climate change (Little Ice Age)
gptkbp:declinedAfter 18th century
gptkbp:endDate gptkb:Age_of_Enlightenment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Witch trials in Early Modern Europe
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Carolina_Code
gptkb:Canon_Episcopi
gptkb:Malleus_Maleficarum
gptkbp:mainlyTargeted gptkb:women
marginalized individuals
gptkbp:mainPeriod 16th century
17th century
18th century
15th century
gptkbp:method beheading
hanging
drowning
burning at the stake
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gptkb:Salem_witch_trials
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gptkb:Würzburg_witch_trials
gptkb:Trier_witch_trials
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gptkb:Johann_Weyer
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gptkb:King_Louis_XV_of_France
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gptkb:King_Charles_III_of_Spain
gptkb:King_Charles_IX_of_Sweden
gptkb:Johann_Georg_Fuchs_von_Dornheim
gptkb:Friedrich_Spee
Balthasar Nuss
Gottfried Christian Voigt
King Charles VI of Austria
King Charles VII of Austria
King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden
King William I of Austria
King William I of the United Kingdom
King William II of Austria
King William II of Prussia
King William II of the United Kingdom
King William III of Austria
King William III of Prussia
King William III of the United Kingdom
King William IV of Austria
King William IV of Prussia
King William IV of the Netherlands
King William V of Austria
King William V of Prussia
King William V of the Netherlands
King William V of the United Kingdom
Nicolas Rémy
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Early_Modern_period
gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:law
gptkb:superstition
persecution
witchcraft
demonology
witch hunts
gptkbp:victim 40,000 to 60,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Christianity_and_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6