Satan & the sabbath: witchhunting in the Basque Country

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🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Satanic sabbaths, magic potions and demonic toads – in the early 17th century, the Basque Country was convulsed by strange accusations of supernatural activities. A new book by Jan Machielsen explores why fears of witchcraft gained such traction in this isolated region on the French-Spanish border. He tells Ellie Cawthorne more about how overexcited judges, frightened children and geographical factors all played a role in fuelling the panic. (Ad) Jan Machielsen is the author of The Basque Witch-Hunt: A Secret History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Basque-Witch-Hunt-Secret-History/dp/1350441503/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. Malcolm Gaskill discusses a little-known 17th-century witchcraft case: https://link.chtbl.com/5etfOMPo. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.0	Satanic Sabbath's, Magic, magic potions and demonic toads. In the early 17th century
1:17.8	the Basque country was convulsed by strange accusations of supernatural activities.
1:24.4	A new book by Jan McKeelsen explores why fears of witchcraft gained such traction in this isolated
1:31.8	region on the French-Spanish border.
1:34.0	I spoke to Yarn to find out more about how
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