whatever stopped it, that is what people would flee to. In the Middle Ages, they believed in magic. They thought the Church stopped it.
I have read a number of things that think the witch hunts of the 1600s and 1700s were brought on by the fact that the people could no longer go to the Church for protection from those whom they thought to be a witch.
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Date: 2014-04-10 03:14 pm (UTC)I have read a number of things that think the witch hunts of the 1600s and 1700s were brought on by the fact that the people could no longer go to the Church for protection from those whom they thought to be a witch.