WITCHCRAFT IN MEDIEVAL AGES

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WITCHCRAFT IN MEDIEVAL AGES

• Many people have heard stories about witches.
  Everyone thinks that the witches are ugly old
  women who hate people and cast spells.

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• Of course nowadays we all know that such people
  (witches) do not exist. Well things haven't
  always been the same. In the medieval years
  people believed in the existence of withes.

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• They did not only believe in withes but they also
  killed every woman considered a witch. They also
  believed that witches were women controlled by
  SATAN in order to destroy humanity.

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WAYS OF KILLING WITCES

• When people discovered that a woman was a witch
  they executed her. There were many ways of
  execution. The most common one was to burn the at
  the stake. They also had other ways of execution.

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• However most women who were considered to be
  witches and were executed just knew how to use
  different types of herbs in order to heal wounds
  or illnesses.

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A REAL STORY

• A rumour has it that during the 15th century a
  mother whose kids were ill decided to go to the
  forest and gather some herbs in order to heal her
  kids. All of a sudden a man who accidently was in
  the forest accused her for witchcraft and she was
  executed.

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WITCH - SAINT

• I guess that most of you are surprised from the
  title. How can a woman accused for witchcraft be
  announced as a saint? Well this has happened. The
  woman was Joan of Arc or Jan Dark.

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• Student CHRISTOS SKLIVANOSClass 3rd High
  School, E8
• If there are questions go ahead and ask!