WITCHCRAFT CRAZE OF EUROPE Momentous changes occurred in the world in the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. The religious beliefs of many centuries began to unravel as perceived immorality, wars and violence were endemic. Following the tremendous loss of life from the Black Death, at least one-third of the population in some areas, there was a strong sense of morbidity or preoccupation with death. "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die" became the swan song for the age…
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