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The Valais witch trials consisted of a witch-hunt and a series of witch trials which took place in the Valais (the House of Savoy and the prince-bishopric of Sion ), today part of Switzerland, beginning in 1428. The Valais witch-hunt is the first of the systematic campaigns which would become much more widespread in the decades to ...
14. Sept. 2009 · Witch hunts were much more common in the French-speaking part of Switzerland than in the areas further east. “In western Switzerland the Church was confronted with the Waldensian heresy,...
Anna Göldi (also Göldin or Goeldin, 24 October 1734 – 13 June 1782) [1] [2] was an 18th-century Swiss housemaid who was one of the last persons to be executed for witchcraft in Europe. Göldi, who was executed by decapitation in Glarus, has been called the "last witch" in Switzerland.
The Geneva witch trials of 1571 was the biggest witch trial in the Post- Reformation Geneva in present-day Switzerland, as well as the last big one. [1] In 1567, Geneva was struck by a plague that lasted for four years. In 1571, frustration over the persistent epidemic caused a witchcraft persecution caused by rumours that the ...
20. Okt. 2023 · Uncovering myths and truths behind Swiss witchcraft trials. Already available online, the witchcraft trials conducted in the Swiss city of Fribourg have now been published in two volumes....
- Olivier Pauchard
23. Okt. 2020 · Switzerland: Where witch trials began and where the last European woman was executed for witchcraft. Published: 23 October 2020. Level B2 and above. Switzerland has a terrible legacy. It is where witch hunts began and where the last woman was beheaded for sorcery in Europe. Most of you will come face-to-face with a witch in the next week or so.
8. Feb. 2017 · 1. Valais: France/Switzerland, 1428–1447. Often considered to be the first in Europe, the Valais trials began in the French-speaking southern region of Valais and spread to German-speaking...
