From the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, many Europeans developed a heightened concern with the phenomenon of witches, believed to be members of a new sect hostile to humanity. This "Witch Craze" tortured and killed thousands of people for threats that did not empirically exist. Referencing primary sources in scholarship, literature and art, this course will explain how these Europeans defined and treated their alleged witches within the context of political, economic, social and cultural relationships.