MisskhaoslandDuring the great age of witch trials, 80,000 people were tried for witchcraft, half of them were executed, often burned alive.
Few people know, however, is that the trials reflected “non-price competition between the Catholic and Protestant churches for religious market share”.
As competing Catholic and Protestant churches vied to win over or retain their followers, they needed to make an impact – and witch trials were the battleground they chose.
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