The district of Finnmark in Northern Norway was subjected to severe witchcraft persecution during the 17th century. In an area with no more than 3,000 inhabitants, 135 people were accused of witchcraft: 91 of them were executed. This book contains the court records of the original trials. Also available in Norwegian.
... been accused of witchcraft, primarily by teenage girls such as Elizabeth Hubbard, 17, as well as some who were younger. Recorded witchcraft executions in New England. The earliest recorded witchcraft execution was that of Alse Young in 1647 in Hartford, Connecticut. Outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria, with subsequent mass executions, began in the early 16th Century in Europe. Although the Reformation divided Europe between Protestant regions and those loyal to the Pope, the Protestants took the crime of witchcraft no less seriously (arguably even more so) than the Catholics. Despite the official ending of the trials for witchcraft, there would still be occasional unofficial killings of those accused in parts of Europe, such as was seen in the cases of Anna Klemens in Denmark (1800), Krystyna Ceynowa in Poland (1836), and Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham in England (1863). The district of Finnmark in Northern Norway was subjected to severe witchcraft persecution during the 17th centur...