Withcraft during the late medieval time period was characterized by religious intolerance and mass hysteria. Undoubtedly, there were more persecutions during the reign of Queen Mary, and the Spanish Inquisitions. But at this time the word "witch" was starting to emerge. And just about anyone different or strange in the slightest way may be suspected of being in a league with the devil. Both men and women were accused of witchcraft, but the majority persecuted …showed first 75 words of 1132 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1132 total…beliefs, science and technology people gradually abandoned old fears and beliefs, like that of witchcraft and magic. Works Cited: Barstow, Anne Llewellyn. Witch Craze. San Francisco: Pandora, 1994. Dodds, Eric , Robert Dodds, and Henry Chadwick. Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety. : <Tab/>Cambridge University Press, 1990. Halsall, Paul. Internet Medieval Sourcebook. 11 Sep. 1999. Fordham University. 06 Feb. 2005 <Tab/><http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html>.