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A 9 page paper examining the contrasts between those identified as witches in the European witch hunts of the Middle Ages and those that identified them. The author emphasizes the importance of religion, gender, and wealth in shaping the everyday lives of these people. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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communities and their relations to one another. Numerous factors, of course, defined the multitude of social communities that existed then. Gender, religion, and wealth (or lack of), however,
could be considered among the more important of these factors. Two specific social communities of preindustrial Europe are particularly interesting in regard to these factors and their role as
a dominant influence on the everyday lives of people. These social communities are the Christian majority (whether that majority was comprised of Catholics or Protestants) in the European Middle
Ages and those that they perceived as witches. Practically everyone believed in witches during the early Middle Ages. In the earlier part
of the Middle Ages the Christian Church, however, considered witchcraft a delusion. Indeed, witchcraft specifically was not even subject to explicit laws. When witches were prosecuted they were
prosecuted for specific acts which they were said to be responsible for, acts of murder and poisoning for example. In other words, rather than being prosecuted for witchcraft itself
they were prosecuted for the supposed result of their witchcraft. This view of witchcraft as simply delusional would change, however, as the Middle Ages progressed and a series of
devastating events would lead the preindustrial European continent into mass witch hysteria. The Christian religion was of exceptional importance to the people of
preindustrial Europe. It shaped many aspects of their everyday lives. Christianity was comprised of two major groups during this time. These were the Catholics and the Protestants.
Both, however, were vehemently on guard when it came to witchcraft. Indeed, both sides commonly accused the other of witchcraft. When Martin Luther split with the Catholics,
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