Witchcraft
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...appealed to pre-Christian symbolism and was associated by Church leaders with heresy. The origins of witchcraft in Europe are found...auto-da-fe, as this mass burning was called, took on the qualities of a carnival, where one could buy souvenirs, rosaries...