![]() ![]() On top of that, any man who defended a woman accused of witchcraft could be accused of witchcraft. Male friends and family of a woman accused of witchcraft would also be accused of witchcraft, and witchcraft was believed to be passed down in families, to grandchildren for instance. While about 75% of the people accused of witchcraft were women, at least a quarter were men, according to Baker. ![]() I Know Because I Am One Myth: Only women were accused of witchcraft. All of these victims got blamed for what was perceived as a decline in religiosity in Puritan New England society. ![]() “It took this perfect storm of factors to create the largest witchcraft outbreak in American history.” These victims included people who spoke a little bit differently-like with an accent-were confrontational, or suffered from mental or physical challenges. “Witchcraft is really all about scapegoating,” Baker says. The dinner will take place at the home of Ambassador, Consul General of Denmark Anne Dorte Riggelsen, in the Frank Ghery-designed building at 8 Spruce Street. The people on trial tended to be people who were unconventional and stood out in the crowd in some way. But The Witches gives us scenes like the one in the Salem town meetinghouse on April 11, 1692, when the middle-aged matrons Sarah Cloyce and Elizabeth Procter faced a chorus of girlish. colonies was treated like a felony and tried before the courts. Joan of Arc is perhaps the most famous example of someone burned at the stake for witchcraft. “It was certainly true in parts of Europe,” says Baker. Myth: Convicted witches were burned at the stake in the U.S. ![]()
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