Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to witchesvspatriarchy@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoYou know itlazysoci.alimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down15
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·3 days ago1800s? Maybe off by 200 years?
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoAt least one hundred. In 18th century Europe, still, in rare cases, “witches” were burned.
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 days agoWere they burned alive and was it an official act? I think by the 18 century almost everywhere burning alive has gone out of style.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 days agoYes, from scimming the Wikipedia articles, the victims of the last cases often were decapitated before they were burned.
minus-squareBroadfern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI mean maybe they’re talking about people who would have accidentally set themselves on fire while building railroads? Or as performance acts?
1800s? Maybe off by 200 years?
At least one hundred. In 18th century Europe, still, in rare cases, “witches” were burned.
Were they burned alive and was it an official act? I think by the 18 century almost everywhere burning alive has gone out of style.
Yes, from scimming the Wikipedia articles, the victims of the last cases often were decapitated before they were burned.
I mean maybe they’re talking about people who would have accidentally set themselves on fire while building railroads? Or as performance acts?