How Is the Witchcraft Craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth

question 22

Multiple Choice

How is the witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries best described?

• A)It came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism.
• B)It often targeted old, single women
• C)It was minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.

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