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Now, years later, victims of witch-hunting in Ghent are finally getting the rehabilitation and attention they deserve. Although the fear of diabolical magic may seem far removed from our contemporary society, a focus on witch-hunting is still highly relevant today. Just like elsewhere in Europe, belief in witchcraft in Ghent peaked in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a tumultuous period of war, climate change, religious conflicts and famine.
In times of crisis and uncertainty, people are more susceptible to irrational explanations. Societies going through hard times seek scapegoats. During this period, they found just that in so-called witches. We too are confronted with wars, climate change, economic crises and other challenges; and rumours, prejudices and disinformation also continue to be rife.
The scapegoat mechanism is very much alive today. So the mirror held up to us by the historical persecution of witches teaches us valuable lessons in the here and now. The belief in magic and supernatural phenomena has a long history. Fortune tellers and women with magical powers were already the subject of myths in Classical Antiquity. The spread of Christianity did not prevent popular superstitions and the use of spells and magical herbal remedies from remaining deeply entrenched in everyday life.
The few witch executions that took place in the Middle Ages seem to have sprung more from spontaneous popular anger than from formal legal proceedings. It was not until the end of the fifteenth century that the situation changed. A growing number of demonologists penned inflammatory tracts in which witches were described exclusively as women. The emergence of the printing press allowed these tracts to be disseminated. This book describes how witches should be identified and punished.