Can economics help explain the European witch trials? | FT #shorts

Hundreds of years ago, across Europe — from Germany to Scandinavia, France to Britain — tens of thousands of mostly women were executed, accused of being witches. The persecution reached its height in the 16th and 17th centuries.⁠
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But why? And could economics help explain the hysteria?⁠
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