From a modern perspective, it seems incredible that people were once executed for practicing witchcraft. Yet, in medieval Europe and colonial America, more than 12,000 lost their lives this way. The proof of witchery was often as scanty as a physical deformity or as outrageous as the water test: If the tied-up suspect floated in water, they were guilty; if they sunk, they were innocent!
  • ISBN10 143399593X
  • ISBN13 9781433995934
  • Publish Date 16 August 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Gareth Stevens Publishing
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 32
  • Language English