Deeping our discussion on the satanic witch panic by exploring a few influential European witch trials. Witch trials from their inception have a startling level of uniformity, aspects of even the earliest organised trials would be echoed in later ones, across Europe and beyond. At the same time, responses to the trials, both good and bad influenced the shape of them as they were happening...

We will be continuing next week with the case of the American witch trials, before moving to some modern approaches to the witch and looking at some of the achievements of modern witches, retaking this potent symbol for good.