Explores the annihilation of seven million women of spirit and intelligence under the guise of 'witch hunts' in Reformation Europe

For three centuries, as the Black Death rampaged through Europe and the Reformation tore the Church apart, tens of thousands were arrested as witches and subjec

"Women, the body and primitive accumulation"--Cover.

Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, f

Traces the origins and progression of hysteria, fear, and persecution associated with witches and witchcraft in western societies.