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The catholic Counter-Reformation was equally enthusiastic about burning witches, particularly in Southern Germany.
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
The catholic Counter-Reformation was equally enthusiastic about burning witches, particularly in Southern Germany.
- olddustytrail 4y agoBy equally, do you mean at least one order of magnitude less? And even your counter is a response to the reformation. I'm not a Catholic, you can't goad me into taking a side. I'm observing from outside.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoI mean that several of the largest witch trials in human history were Catholic, particularly in southern Germany. Witch trials were a regional phenomena, not a catholic or protestant one. There were many witch trials in protestant Scotland, but few in the protestant Netherlands. There were many witch trials in catholic Germany, but few in Spain. Attributing the witch trials to the protestant revolution itself is bad history. > I'm not a Catholic, you can't goad me into taking a side. I'm observing from outside. I'm not christian either.