Ya...I wouldn't say it's so much the salem witch trials exclusively as the entire age, and I'd say more the inquisition then anything. And for all you Wicca lovers up there, I hate to burst your bubble but the church did not target Wiccans exclusively(not even close). They targeted anyone suspected of witch craft and heresy. The inquisition made it legal to use torture to extract confessions from those suspected. Most people, even if they were not guilty of the charges, confessed under pressure of torture anyway and declared heretics. So, in the end, more Christians who had confessed under torture were killed then actual pagans or heretics. Wicked song, btw;)
Ya...I wouldn't say it's so much the salem witch trials exclusively as the entire age, and I'd say more the inquisition then anything. And for all you Wicca lovers up there, I hate to burst your bubble but the church did not target Wiccans exclusively(not even close). They targeted anyone suspected of witch craft and heresy. The inquisition made it legal to use torture to extract confessions from those suspected. Most people, even if they were not guilty of the charges, confessed under pressure of torture anyway and declared heretics. So, in the end, more Christians who had confessed under torture were killed then actual pagans or heretics. Wicked song, btw;)