Debunking the Pervasive Myths About Medieval Witch Hunts

Head over to @wayfair and watch the new A Style is Born episode on Biophilic style! We all have a similar image that comes to mind when we imagine Medieval Witch hunts: millions of innocent women, real witches or not, who were indiscriminately burned at the stake by the church. But the truth is a lot more complicated, and uncovers centuries of historical lies and misunderstandings that we’re still trying to fix today. Come learn with me! Find me on Twitter: I’m on TikTok @ kazrowe Find me on IG: Buy my comics: Send me a ko-fi: Read my webcomic: Catch it on Tapas: Line Webtoons: Music from Epidemic Sound, Adrian Wilaert, Alexander Nakarada, Elway Bevin, John Dowland Captioning by Transcription, Ho! Captioning Services Filmed using: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k– Blackmagic Video Assist 5” HDR – Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro– Samsung Portable SSD T5 - 2Tb– ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sources The Pursuit of Reality: Recent Research into the History of Witchcraft by Malcolm Gaskill Male Witches in Early Modern Europe by Lara Apps and Andrew Gow The Contemporary Witch, the Historical Witch and the Witch Myth: The Witch, Subject of the Appropriation of Nature and Object of the Domination of Nature by Silvia Bovenschen, Jeannine Blackwell, Johanna Moore and Beth Weckmueller Witchcraft Myths in American Culture By Marion Gibson Historians as Demonologists: The Myth of the Midwife-witch by David Harley Demonology and the rise of science: An example of the misperception of historical data by Irving Kirsch The Witch in History by Diane Purkiss Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method By Carlo Ginzburg The Myth of Medieval Paganism by Francis Young [**Note: the copy of this article I used for this video was found in an academic database unconnected to its original publication. The original article was published through a periodical with a history of questionable content and considerable bias. I cross checked this specific article but the source in general is to be taken with a grain of salt.] Christianity vs ’Paganism’?: Reflections on Medieval Europe by Norman Tanner Paganism By Graham Harvey in “Religions in the Modern World” Is Paganism a Religion? Exploring the Historical and Contemporary Relevance of Paganism By Betsy C. Chadbourn Modern Wicca and the Witchcraft Movement by Renee Cyr Witches and the Myth of the Medieval Burning Times by Anita Obermeier Magic, heresy and the broom riding midwife witch - the Inquisition trial of Isabetta Caruana by Carmel Cassar Fake History: 101 Things that Never Happened by Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse Those Goddamn ointments: Four histories by Tom Hatsis The Witch on the Wall: The Milk-Stealing Witch in Scandinavian Iconography by Amber J. Rose