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Were men really accused of witchcraft?

For many, it is the Salem witch trials that immediately spring to mind when thinking about the topic. But there are other surprising facts.

By Rebecca Rideal

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For almost four hundred years, beginning around 1400, tens of thousands of people in Europe and North America were executed for witchcraft. Those who died were overwhelmingly female.

For many, it is the Salem witch trials that immediately spring to mind when thinking about the topic. But such well-known stories mask myriad of regional and chronological difference.