This graphic novel examines the background; the witch hunters' methods; who profited; the brave few who protested; and how the Enlightenment gradually replaced fear and superstition with reason and science.
“I will call him Martin. Yes, Martin Luther will be his name.” Mr. Luther told his wife. “Martin...uhhhh! That's a very good name.” Margarethe responded. Hans, as well as Margarethe, both came from peasant linage, with Hans having ...
Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumors, and Gossip. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Strandsberg, Camilla. 2000. 'Kerekou, God and the Ancestors: Religion and the Conception of Political Power in Benin'. African Affairs 99(396): 395–414.
Witch hunts are the products of intense fear and paranoia and the results are often terrible.
This graphic novel examines the background; the witch hunters' methods; who profited; the brave few who protested; and how the Enlightenment gradually replaced fear and superstition with reason and science.