Sentences with phrase «period of the witch hunts»

During the period of the witch hunts of the Middle Ages, the definition of gossip took on a largely negative connotation; a «sign of the degree to which the power of women and communal ties were undermined.»

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«Conducting a witch hunt is an irreversible evil in itself,» concluded our own Ben Mercer, and the sentiment could naturally be applied to the old - world puritan horror of The Witch, which could be pro- or anti-religious hysteria, depending on how you read it, but whose merits — the meticulously researched period details, the striking imagery — are indisputwitch hunt is an irreversible evil in itself,» concluded our own Ben Mercer, and the sentiment could naturally be applied to the old - world puritan horror of The Witch, which could be pro- or anti-religious hysteria, depending on how you read it, but whose merits — the meticulously researched period details, the striking imagery — are indisputWitch, which could be pro- or anti-religious hysteria, depending on how you read it, but whose merits — the meticulously researched period details, the striking imagery — are indisputable.

About the Witchhunts The period of the «Great European Witch - hunt's» started around 1450.

New investigative techniques and a duo that slightly resemble Holmes and Watson, the Salem Witch hunts and an uncanny ability to make the reader actually feel that they are in this time period mark this series debut by a new author, nothing short of fascinating.