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15,000 B.C. | Ancient peoples revere healers, known as witches, who practice magic. |
600 A.D. | Christian pope Gregory the Great proclaims "all the gods of the heathens are demons." |
1200s | Christianity has replaced traditional religions, which Christians call paganism. |
1300s | Women are singled out as witches in Europe. |
1484 | Pope Innocent VIII issues an edict that calls for the eradication of witches and other heathens. |
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1486 | Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of Witches) triggers witch-hunts in Europe. |
1580–1660 | The war against witches reaches a peak in Europe. |
1639 | The Putnams start a land feud with the Townes near Topsfield, Massachusetts. |
1647 | Alse Young is executed as a witch in Wethersfield, Connecticut. |
mid 1600s | Ninety-three people are accused of witchcraft—fifty in Massachusetts and forty-three in Connecticut. Sixteen are put to death. |
1684 | The English government revokes the Massachusetts colonial charter. |
Massachusetts minister Increase Mather publishes... |
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