The Witchcraft Hysteria Began to Subside by the Mid-Seventeenth Century

question 25

Multiple Choice

The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons except

• A)a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars.
• B)the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches.
• C)the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis.
• D)the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion.
• E)the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society.

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