Where did the Witch Massacre take place?

The formalization of witch trials began with Pope Innocent VIII (reigned 1484-1492). Together with his clergy, he implemented a chilling and cruel policy against "witchcraft". In 1496, they wrote a special book called "The Hammer of Witches". This book said that witches are people who have made a secret pact with the devil and sold their souls to the devil, and are descendants of the devil. The book also describes how witches and devils feast, eat human hearts and livers, dance wildly, indulge in lust, etc. They talked about how they performed "artificial abortion" and took out the fetus's head, hands and feet bit by bit. The activities of witches were regarded by the Christian church as heresy against God and must be severely punished. Therefore, combating witches became a "sacred mission" to protect God. After that, the European Church began a massacre of witches. As the Bible says, "You shall not let a sorcerer woman live." (Exodus, 22:18)

The Spanish Inquisition, the institution often thought to be most closely associated with the witch hunts The period of existence happened to be from 1478 to 1834. Researchers believe that the essence of the Inquisition's involvement in the witch killings was to eliminate the godless people in society, especially the Protestants and Jews who were regarded as aliens by Europeans. The most famous case at this time was the execution of Ann Berlin, one of the reasons being that she had six fingers and failed to leave an heir for her husband.

In 1603, James inherited the throne of England and Scotland. He published the book "Demonologie" in 1597. After he ascended the throne, many people were hanged, burned at the stake, or otherwise punished. The European fanaticism did not disappear until it moved to the American continent with the flow of immigrants at the end of the seventeenth century.