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Witch Hunts

Witch Hunts is a sociohistorical phenomenon characterized by systematic, often state-sanctioned campaigns to identify, prosecute, and punish individuals accused of practicing malevolent magic or heretical practices, distinguished from other forms of persecution by their reliance on supernatural beliefs, collective hysteria, and extrajudicial mechanisms within early modern European and colonial contexts.

159

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7.2K

Citations

188

Authors

63

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

Parents

Publications

159

Poverty and Witch Killing

Edward Miguel · The Review of Economic Studies · 2005 · 406 citations

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Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste

Tom Costello, Phillip A. Laplante · IT Professional · 2009 · 362 citations

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Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath.

Richard Kieckhefer, Carlo Ginzburg, Raymond Rosenthal · The American Historical Review · 1992 · 336 citations

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Witchcraft, power and politics: exploring the occult in the South African Lowveld

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 248 citations

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Magic, witchcraft, and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds: a sourcebook

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 234 citations

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Authors

188

  1. CL
    Christina Larner

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    3 publications · 197 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. BP
    Brian P. Levacκ

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    3 publications · 226 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. HC
    H. C. Erik Midelfort

    3 publications · 262 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. JG
    Julian Goodare

    Institute of History and Archaeology, Russia

    3 publications · 46 citations

    3

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  5. WB
    W. Behringer

    University of Bonn, Germany

    2 publications · 86 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

63

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    432 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  3. Central Michigan University

    Mount Pleasant, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    89 citations

  4. Institute of History and Archaeology

    Yekaterinburg, Russia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  5. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    53 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    58 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 27 publications · 1.5K citations

    19

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 13 publications · 1.2K citations

    12

    h-index

  3. Sixteenth Century Journal

    ESCJ · 8 publications · 204 citations

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  4. Social History

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. American Journal of Psychiatry

    2 publications · 47 citations

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