Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition

The Origins of Witchcraft (1x16)

Air date: Jan 01, 2002

The beginning of our lengthy discussion of witchcraft and the European witch craze. This lecture defines and examines the history of witchcraft in the West, then discusses how Christian theologians redefined witchcraft just before the end of the 15th century.