The Witchcraft Craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

question 26

Multiple Choice

The witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

• A)came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism.
• B)often targeted old, single women
• C)was minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.
• D)was primarily restricted to rural areas.
• E)all of the above.

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