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Historical Persons related to Witchcraft

Hopkins, Matthew

Hopkins, Matthew (?–1647?) England’s most notorious professional witch-hunter, who brought about the condemnations and executions of at least 230 alleged witches, more than all other witch-hunters combined during the 160-year peak of
3 August 2017
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Weyer, Johann

Weyer, Johann (1515–1588) was a Dutch physician who argued against the witch hysteria and the alleged workings of the Devil through people and Pacts. Johann Weyer accepted the existence of Demons and their ability to wreak evil and cause Possession,
6 July 2017
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Scot, Reginald

Reginald Scot: The Voice of Reason Against the Witch Hunts Reginald Scot was an English writer

Summers, Montague

Montague Summers, (1880–1948) was an English author who wrote extensively on Witchcraft, Demonology, vampires and werewolves

Sprenger, Jakob

SPRENGER, JAKOB (ca. 1436/38–1495). Traditionally listed as one of the authors of the infamous late-medieval witch-hunting manual Malleus maleficarum (Hammer of Witches), Sprenger was a Dominican friar, theologian, and papal inquisitor active
5 March 2018

Loos, Cornelius

Cornelius Loos (1546–1593) A Catholic priest and scholar, Loos was a strong opponent of witch-hunting who ultimately suffered condemnation as a heretic for his beliefs. Born in Gouda in the Netherlands, Loos
27 February 2018

Bayle, Pierre

Pierre Bayle (1647–1706). An important philosopher, born in France and later a professor at the university in Rotterdam, Bayle was a strong advocate of liberalism and religious toleration. He treated the subject
26 February 2018
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