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The Devil

In Our Time: Religion

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The Great Explosion of Witchcraft

There were only three witchcraft trials before 14 85. After that, there's an explosion of them. The devil becomes active in a quite new way as people understand the world. He's looking for agents and forming pacts with them. They're travelling through the air to get to these gatherings. People believe that there are very powerful demonic s all around them. And so they bily develop a military fear of the devil.

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