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

Religion, Science, and Magic (1x17)

Air date: Jan 01, 2002

A map of the religious and cultural landscape of Western Europe before, during, and after the witch craze. The lecture explores the Reformation, the Wars of Religion, and the Counter-Reformation; the shifting relationships among religion, magic, and science; and the rise of new scientific paradigms in the 16th century.