History of Witchcraft: the 'persecuting society' and the creation of the satanic witch

Continuing our series on witchcraft by exploring the transformation which took the idea of the 'witch', a magical practitioner with varying cultural contexts and qualities, and turned it into an archetype of a person capable of being hunted... Where the Witch Trials inevitable, or part of a process by which a demographic is intentionally marginalised and demonised? Let's find out... Next week we will be exploring the trials themselves in more detail, so we hope you'll stick around for that.