tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6739762240240510820..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Breakfast Links: Week of November 6, 2017Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-91432310146155705852017-11-18T15:16:42.516-05:002017-11-18T15:16:42.516-05:00Donna's comment sent me looking for a list by ...Donna's comment sent me looking for a list by gender and I found this in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_for_witchcraft<br /><br />I gave up counting as it is sometimes difficult to tell by names what the gender is, and sometimes there was a group, but I was surprised that a number of men were included.KarenAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546288509130256898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-77439370079220846232017-11-18T14:30:27.198-05:002017-11-18T14:30:27.198-05:00That last one makes me think of an old Canadian ex...That last one makes me think of an old Canadian expression to describe an attractive girl/woman... "Beef to the heels."<br /><br />! Ferdzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842130394749345902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-70316639303296596682017-11-12T09:00:51.007-05:002017-11-12T09:00:51.007-05:00Of course, five men were executed for witchcraft, ...Of course, five men were executed for witchcraft, Giles Cory died under torture, and many more men were accused. To reduce this event to an "anti-woman" simplification is very misleading. Great bibliography of gender and witchcraft accusations here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/modules/hi175/timetable/seminar7/Donna Segerhttp://www.streetsofsalem.comnoreply@blogger.com