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Ignorant people were afraid of witches. Clearly there were people who had occult practices that were regarded as witchcraft, and what these were is a matter of debate. But the reaction of populations of people to witches varied with time and place.
In such places as the Carolingian Empire and the Kingdom of the Lombards, the official, legal, belief was that witchcraft was a superstition. There were laws saying anyone who burned a person accused of witchcraft was guilty of murder and had committed a capital crime.
Other countries had laws against witchcraft, and these varied in how they handled those accused.
The common people of some areas of Europe asked the Church to do something on the subject, and the result was papal bulls providing for inquisitions. This happened at the end of the Middle Ages. The actual witch hunts began about 100 years after the Middle Ages ended.
There is a link to an article on witch hunts below, where more information can be found.
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What did people in medieval times reacted to witches?
they loved witches. Just accepted them for who the areee they loved witches. Just accepted them for who the areee
How did medieval people kill witches?
cut off their headsthere were a number of ways people killed witches in the medieval era.here are 3...They would burn them alive on stakestie them to a chair and dropped into oceantorturedi hope this helps
Did witches in the medieval times have cults?
No
What were witches accused of in Medieval Times?
Medieval witches were not accused of much. Witches were accused of all sorts of mischief, but that was during the Renaissance, not in medieval times. In medieval times, there were laws against witchcraft in some places, but the laws of the Carolingian Empire and the Kingdom of the Lombards both made it clear that belief in witchcraft was unacceptably superstitious and so prosecuting people as witches was illegal. And under the laws of King Athelstan, in Anglo Saxon England, it was a capital crime to execute a person for witchcraft. There is a link below to an article on witch hunts.
Why did the kings accuse random people of being witches in the medieval times?
They was paranoid about witches, just as there is at the moment about terrorists, in the 1950's about communists, in the 1910's about Germans etc....
What did medieval witches do?
Witches boiled little children and ate bats and kept their familiars as pets.
How does macbeth react to the witches?
He seems surprised.
What era did they burn Witches?
In the medieval era. At least it is most common known to be in the medieval era.
How did people in the Medieval Times try and punish witches?
In the medieval times, "witches" were sometimes thrown into ponds or other bodies of water to see if they float, following the common belief that witches floated. It they didn't float, they were declared not a witch, but sometimes the result was that the person had drowned anyway. If someone was declared a witch, then she was therefore not Christian and should be burned.
Do witches really exist?
No. Witches never existed. In medieval times many thought there were witches doing evil things. But that was a view based on ignorance.
Why did they believe in witches in Medieval times?
Mostly because of their religion
What happend to witches if they were caught in medieval times?
They were to have their heads cut off.
