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witch-hunt |
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witch-hunt a rigorous campaign to round up or expose dissenters on the pretext of safeguarding the welfare of the public How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Siegel spoke with the victims, perpetrators and witnesses of the murderous witchhunts in Banyuwangi and studied their words with the care of a philologist. When a reasoned and quantitative study of the witchhunts in northern Europe is illustrated with Baldung's drawing of naked witches "playing leapfrog," [1] the juxtaposition suggests that his art can serve as an insightful source for historians studying the witchcraft epidemic. Sure, we've all heard of some spectacular cases in which progressive witchhunts got out of hand. |
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