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Series exploring why many people, mostly women, were targeted during the witch hunts that swept across Europe. It questions the role of the patriarchal society and the religious beliefs of the day.
Series exploring why many people, mostly women, were targeted during the witch hunts that swept across Europe. It questions the role of the patriarchal society and the religious beliefs of the day.
With Halloween around the corner, 大象传媒 Gaeilge looks at three notorious tales of witchcraft in County Antrim, examining the case against the accused. While witch hunts in Ireland were rare in comparison to other European countries, some Scottish settlers, arriving on these shores from the 1600s, brought with them their fears and prejudices and a belief in witchcraft. At the time, Scotland was gripped by wave after wave of witch panics.
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