The Witch Hunts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

question 58

Multiple Choice

The witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

• A) came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism.
• B) were often directed against old single women
• C) were generally directed only at people who denied that they were religious.
• D) were primarily restricted to rural areas.
• E) were minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.

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