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Wikipedia: Witch-Hunt
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The English-language Wikipedia article on witch-hunts, covering the historical scale of the early modern European witch trials and the persistence of witchcraft accusations today.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
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Wikipedia: Witch-Hunt
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A witch-hunt or a witch purge is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft.
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- Ethnography and Cultural Practices, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 4 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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9Ethnography and Cultural Practices
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1Ethnography and Cultural Practices
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4Ethnography and Cultural Practices
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