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On Witches

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On Witches

In 1485, a woman named Helena Scheuberin stood trial accused of witchcraft in the city of Innsbruck. She found herself in the middle of a witch hunt led by Heinrich Kramer, a 15th-Centrury inquisitor.Heinrich Kramer was a Catholic clergyman on a mission to investigate witchcraft and bring witches to justice. Pope Innocent VIII released a papal bull that recognized the existence of witches which had previously been debated. This granted Kramer the authority to persecute witches where he had once been denied in Germany. Kramer had an obsession with witchcraft, especially amongst women.Scheuberin likely was not a witch, but she...

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