2006-09-10 12:14:01 · 12 answers · asked by minoru 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
http://usminc.org/burning.html
You should also try The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology by Rossel Hope Robbins.
2006-09-11 07:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by The Notorious Doctor Zoom Zoom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
During this time, if you were said to be a witch, you would have been killed. Burning was a popular way of killing so-called witches in the 16th and 17th centuries. Hundreds of thousands of people were thought to be killed because they were supposedly witches. Wikipedia is a good start to look this up, but there are many sites devoted to this, the Salem witch trials, and many more. Just type in witch trial, witch hunt, Salem witch trials, etc. and you will get hundreds of thousands of articles. Hope this helps.
Blessed Be!!!!!
Edit: Also, I got to thinking and wanted to add that if you made someone mad at you, or they just didn't like you for some reason, they would spread the rumor that you were practicing witchcraft and cause an uproar of the town and they would then hunt you down and burn, stone, or kill you somehow. Just wanted to add that it didn't matter if you were practicing or not. It helps to try and understand the mass hysteria this caused in a time when religion(the Christian God I should say) was everything or you were nothing. You had to believe a certain way or you would be killed.
2006-09-11 08:44:15 · answer #2 · answered by trinitarianwiccan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They feared the accused witches and disposed of them and other people they didn't like.
2006-09-10 13:24:06 · answer #3 · answered by Boogerman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lets play torch the witch
2006-09-11 05:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their attitudes were as hot as those of the people in Salem!
2006-09-10 12:22:43 · answer #5 · answered by itsybitsykity 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They seemed to be against it as they had a tendancy to burn them at the stake at every opportunity...
2006-09-10 12:16:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i learned a few days ag in history that people would accuse other people of being witches, so they would torture and kill them.
2006-09-10 12:20:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was pretty much "Witch?! BURN IT!". Or hang/dismember/press/iron maiden/whathaveyou it.
2006-09-10 12:28:00 · answer #8 · answered by ChiChi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel their ignorance murdered many innocent people.
2006-09-10 12:20:10 · answer #9 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if convicted of being a witch.stoned/pressed, hung, drowned
2006-09-10 12:15:31 · answer #10 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋