TOO MUCH WISDOM

Europe - Women of the 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries

My mother
My daughter
My sister
My friend
My self
We were there
Where were you
Through the smoke -- haze
Did you witness our torture
Through the taunts and cheers
Did you hear our cry
Oh yes
We were there
Where were you?

The exact number is not known. It is estimated that during the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries one to nine million women were burned for witchcraft. An accusation was a death sentence.

Read Daly, Walher, Sjoo and Mor and weep. Read Kramer and Sprenger and be outraged.

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