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Europe's Great Witch Hunt
2025-07-07 19:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Assembly Rooms, Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB
This year’s Frome Society For Local Study lecture features Professor Ronald Hutton exploring Europe’s witch-hunting phenomenon. Why did trials peak in the more rational era of the Scientific Revolution? Why did trials cluster in particular places, including the West of England, as well as at particular times? And mainly put women to death? Doors 7pm
