The witch hunts represented a deep-seated social phenomenon that goes far beyond the history of medicine.
In the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there were thousands of executions- usually burnings at the stake- in Germany, Italy, and other countries- an average of 600 a year for certain German cities. Witches represented a political, religious, and sexual threat to the Churches, as well as to the State.
The age of witch-hunting spanned more than four centuries in its sweep from Germany to England. How have women been targeted as witches throughout history, since the middle ages and what can we learn? Let’s look at how Barbara Ehrenreich sheds light upon this subject in her book “Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A history of women healers “ : The Museum of Motherhood has hundreds of books in its collection, intended to educate, elucidate, and empower. In America, the month of October is the month of witches – the evil, the cruel, and the ugly.
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