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P/H/71. Reasons behind medieval witch hunts

WORDS:
3000
DATE:
2006
PRICE:
39.99 GBP

The paper examines the reasons behind medieval witch hunts discussing the issues of gender and power in feudal society and reviewing literature on the ideas of purity, misogyny and religion, feminist accounts of witch craze, economic and psychological implications of the collapse of feudal family relations, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Feudal, family, women, witch hunt, witchcraft, misogyny,