Well it certainly isn’t going on anymore based on that
One assumes it is the classic battle between Calvinist reformers and the Catholic diocese. Geneva was kind of a hotbed of religious tension for a long time, and when people debate religion, some end up burned as witches. The dates on the mainline up pretty well with the power struggles in the late 1500’s and early 1600’s over religion.
I guess they were successful as Geneva is mostly witch free today, except for my sister in law.
I’d expect being a/the center of reformation can do that 🙂
The time/coloring almost matches, with the height of Calvins in the mid 16th century. Though it looks mostly yellow, so a tad late. Maybe it’s entirely unrelated, but I’d be suprised.
Funny to see, witches trials were common in reformed areas, whereas catholic were minding their business!
>”It’s a cradle. You could say that the witch hunts were born on the shores of Lake Geneva. For me, as a Swiss, it was a disturbing discovery. In Geneva, many witches were burnt in Calvin’s time. People sometimes think that Protestants were more rational than Catholics, less susceptible to this nonsense, but not at all. The cruelty is equal in this respect.
>The last witch in Europe was probably executed in Glarus. She was not burnt but magnanimously beheaded. Her name was Anna Göldi. It’s an interesting story that resonates bitterly with the times we live in today. Her biographer has traced a complaint she made about sexual harassment against the doctor who employed her as a domestic. It seems likely that he accused her of witchcraft to defend himself.”
>Translated with (free version)
Edit : FWIW, according to [Anna Göldi’s wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_G%C3%B6ldi), she died in 1782 and was officially exonerated by the government in 2008. A memorial to her was unveiled in 2014 – two permanently lit lamps outside the Glarus courthouse.
Have you ever been to Geneva?
Werewolves infect each other by biting so it seems only logical that the map proves the existence of a master werewolf near Geneva.
Mold bread 🥖 yum 😋🤤
Well, you don’t see anymore werewolves roaming the streets today. Do you?
apparently switzerland also had more or less some.of the most witchhunts by capita
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Well it certainly isn’t going on anymore based on that
One assumes it is the classic battle between Calvinist reformers and the Catholic diocese. Geneva was kind of a hotbed of religious tension for a long time, and when people debate religion, some end up burned as witches. The dates on the mainline up pretty well with the power struggles in the late 1500’s and early 1600’s over religion.
I guess they were successful as Geneva is mostly witch free today, except for my sister in law.
I’d expect being a/the center of reformation can do that 🙂
The time/coloring almost matches, with the height of Calvins in the mid 16th century. Though it looks mostly yellow, so a tad late. Maybe it’s entirely unrelated, but I’d be suprised.
Funny to see, witches trials were common in reformed areas, whereas catholic were minding their business!
Was wondering if it was Calvinism, and I found this [2018 Le Temps interview ](https://www.letemps.ch/culture/livres/chasses-aux-sorcieres-nees-aux-abords-leman)with a journalist, Mona Chollet, who wrote a book around similar themes :
>Switzerland has a special place in this story…
>”It’s a cradle. You could say that the witch hunts were born on the shores of Lake Geneva. For me, as a Swiss, it was a disturbing discovery. In Geneva, many witches were burnt in Calvin’s time. People sometimes think that Protestants were more rational than Catholics, less susceptible to this nonsense, but not at all. The cruelty is equal in this respect.
>The last witch in Europe was probably executed in Glarus. She was not burnt but magnanimously beheaded. Her name was Anna Göldi. It’s an interesting story that resonates bitterly with the times we live in today. Her biographer has traced a complaint she made about sexual harassment against the doctor who employed her as a domestic. It seems likely that he accused her of witchcraft to defend himself.”
>Translated with (free version)
Edit : FWIW, according to [Anna Göldi’s wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_G%C3%B6ldi), she died in 1782 and was officially exonerated by the government in 2008. A memorial to her was unveiled in 2014 – two permanently lit lamps outside the Glarus courthouse.
Have you ever been to Geneva?
Werewolves infect each other by biting so it seems only logical that the map proves the existence of a master werewolf near Geneva.
Mold bread 🥖 yum 😋🤤
Well, you don’t see anymore werewolves roaming the streets today. Do you?
apparently switzerland also had more or less some.of the most witchhunts by capita