HUM-10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Burning Times, Black Death, Norman Rockwell
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They were not burned at the stake, but hung. Most were female; but they were necessary (b/c children) also dangerous. Destroying the soul worse than death. They were so powerful, that they could steal men"s penises. Article talks about this: reformation (church is split b/w catholics and protestants) and a lot of disease around (black plague). Also changes in europe life was getting better so the social system is getting better. Also science is answering a lot of things. The idea of using witchcraft as jealousy and the thing that causes illnesses dies down (as a leveling mechanism). Impact on western society: women are still neglected and made to feel invisible through various means (older women are devalued); now the word whore is associated more w/ women it continues. Bewitched: good witch (mother in law is the bad witch) Other witches for the most part -> now good witches. What changed late 60s, mid 70s feminism movement and sexual revolution.
