Chapter 16 (Part I) - The Early Witch Trials in Europe and North America

10/18/22 • 33 min

18 October 2022
The Insidious Agenda Podcast
Chapter 16 - Part I - The Early Witch Trials in Europe and North America
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Hello everyone and welcome back for another amazing episode, well pair of episodes. I didn't want to make it too long, for those of you that listen in during your morning commute or walk. So, I've divided today's episode into two parts. In this first episode I tell the story of the beginning of the Witch Trials in Europe before moving on to their early spread into the colonies of the New World.
I will re-examine some of the European Witch Trials, especially those in England, at a later date but this episode will give you a cursory overview of how the prosecution of presumed witches began and how the stage was set for it to not only follow into the New World but ignite the tinders of the religious zealots that awaited it.
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10/18/22 • 33 min

The Insidious Agenda - Chapter 16 (Part I) - The Early Witch Trials in Europe and North America

Transcript

To truly gain a solid understanding of the mindset and history of the Witch Trials on the continent, we must first go back hundreds of years and begin in medieval Europe. During the Dark ages and the early emergence of Christianity, the existence of Witchcraft and its users was refuted by the Church. It was merely chalked up to being a pagan superstition and out rightly dismissed. Some believe that it wasn’t until the 13th century, through the works of theologian Thomas Aquinas, that

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