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GENIAL PRESENTATION
Zakarie KHALED
Created on March 8, 2022
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A huge history of discrimination
Witch hunt
Nowadays
McCarthyism
History
Chapters
The end of classic whitch hunts
Timeline
Through the Middle Ages, witchcraft was mostly tolerated or merely scoffed at and infrequently punished. From the 14th century and mostly in the XVIth, the witch hunts were much frequent and very dangerous. In Europe the traditional witch hunt ended in the XVIIIth century.
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VIIth century
First findings about witch hunting
1500-1600
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1680-1740
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This period is known because witchcraft trials were rising.
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The end of McCarthyism
The context
The hollywood ten
Joseph McCarthy
Mc Carthyism
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Modern Witch hunts
Akua Denteh was beaten to death in Ghana's East Gonja District after being accused of being a witch. The murder of the 90 year old has once more highlighted the deep-seated prejudices against women accused of practicing witchcraft in Ghana, many of whom are elderly.
Witch hunts are far from being a thing of the past, even in the 21st century. In many countries, this is still a sad reality for many women today.
The case of Akua Denteh