witch trial
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accusations of witchcraft
role of Harvey
- In William Harvey: Physician to the king
…involved in one of the cases, in 1634, and had to examine four women accused of witchcraft. At a time when belief in witches was commonplace and to deny their existence was heresy, it would have been very easy to interpret any suspicious behaviour or mark on the body as…
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