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A few centuries ago,in Europe, the fear of witch craft led to witch hunts and executions.
These occurred largely in France, Germany northern Italy, Switzerland and the Law Countries-Belgium, luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Tens of thousands of people in Europe and European colonies died "and millions of others suffred torture, arrest, interrogation, hate, guiet, or fear" says the book witch hunts in the Western World

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WHO WERE THE WITCHES AND WHERE IS FROM THE TERM WITCH?

• The people believed that witches were older women, beautiful womwn, and those who worked with herbs
• Many witches were marginalized women, the poorest
• The word "witch" comes from the greek word "stryz" meaning night bird, but over time mean the "exper of magic and spells".

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Well over 70 percent of the accused were women, especially widows, who often had no one to defend them.
Victims included the poor, the ederly, and women who dispensed herbal remedies

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In 1258, Pape alexander IV declared a canon that alleged witch-craft wasn't to be investigated by the church.
Although Pape JA XXII had later authorized the inquisition to prosecute sarcerers in 1320, inquisitorial courts rarely dealt with witchcraft save incidentally when investigating haterodoxy.

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