Witch

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A witch is a person, usually a woman, who practices witchcraft. A man that practices witchcraft is often called a warlock. However this is a misconseption. A male witch is a witch and a warlock is a "oath betrayer." Witches have often been seen outside accepted cultures and faith. They were therefore often faced with prosecution.

In the Catholic church, the punishment for witchcraft is death at the stake. Usually, convicted witches were tied to a long pole, and burned alive. Especially in the Middle Ages this punishment was often applied.

Among those punished in that way were people who did not do live peacefully with their rulers, like Jan Hus and Joan of Arc.

There were some men who protested against torture and against chase of witches like Johann Weyer, Friedrich Spee and Anton Praetorius.

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