These so-called witches have caused fear, interest, hatred, widespread panic, and a variety of other emotions in people during the medieval era. The witch craze spread because heresy sharpened the awareness of nonconformists to the medieval Catholic Church. ... (Klaits, 19) There are many different reasons why the belief in witchcraft was on the rise during the medieval era. ... The differing religious views during the times also played a role in the increasing number of accusations of witchcraft. Jews were among those accused of witchcraft during the medieval era. ...

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Witchcraft: Its Effects on Reformers and Europe Witchcraft was seen as a major threat throughout medieval Europe. "The development of medieval witchcraft is closely bound to that of heresy, the struggle for the expression of religious feeling beyond the limits tolerated by the Church. ... The effects of witchcraft reached just that far to even touch someone so important in medieval history. ... As I have stated the demons did play a role in the reformation dealing with Martin Luther. ...

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Jennifer Ward in "women in medieval Europe", states that radical changes occurred after about the end of the middle-Ages. ... This transition was displayed through a questioning of the traditional roles. ... The male, frightened by the rise of female power, thought something has to be done to contain women's role in society. The patriarchal society tended to turn women into their contrast, that is to say a "non-woman" or a witch, so that the Early Modern Europe was male dominated in social relations, structures and discourses. ... It is said that the woman spit out pi...

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Media plays a large role in arousing the public's interest in the fantastic.21 The novels of Anne Rice, a gothic-horror writer, appeal to a large audience, and her three book series have quite a cult following. ... With that, almost every woman in town is accused of being a witch, and the cycle continues.43 Another important example of hysterical paranoia from the Puritan era is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... Prynne, her presumed-dead husband, returns to discover all of this.45 Now called Roger Chillingworth to hide his identity, he sinks to a new low as he tort...

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