Witch Trials

<p> This chronological reference compendium traces accusations punishments and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day. The text provides detailed information on actual hearings torture and death sentences for cases both famous and unknown. Primary sources--media correspondence adjudication--reveal the appalling injustices of government church and mobs toward the accused. Extensive appendices include a glossary chronology of examples and a list of legal proceedings their locations and outcomes.</p>