witch hunt

Engraving of a stake on which women are burned alive while some religious look on

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Pardoning “witches” of the Middle Ages: A symbol for our times?

11 February 2022 by Julia Crawford

Recently in Spain, the Catalan regional parliament formally pardoned hundreds of women executed between the 15th and 18th centuries because they were "witches". Scotland’s parliament could soon do the same, while other places in E [...]