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century; then in the whole Christian Church , this amounts to 858,454 every century, and in the period of eleven centuries designated by me , nine million four hundred and forty-two thousand nine hundred and ninety-four people
178:, adding another ten victims, and then assuming the same rate of witch executions to population for the whole of Europe in the same century, and finally applying the same number of victims per century to eleven centuries. 170:, wishing to emphasize the importance of education in rooting out superstition and a relapse into the witch-craze which had subsided less than a lifetime ago in his day. He was criticizing 194: 356: 39: 222:"Wenn nun in einem so kleinen Bezirk Deutschlandes, … neun Millionen vierhundert zwei und vierzig tausend neunhundert vier und neunzig Menschen." 259: 174:'s estimate of "several hundred thousand" as too low. His extrapolation was based on finding evidence for thirty victims of witch trials in 405: 224:(Now when in so small a region of Germany, which contains hardly 11- to 12,000 people, up to 133 persons have been executed as witches in 86: 166:. The history of this estimate was researched by Behringer (1998). Voigt published it in a 1784 article, writing in the context of the 58: 390: 385: 349: 105: 65: 43: 72: 410: 395: 342: 400: 54: 32: 207: 295:
Ein Blutige Catastrophen vnnd Ende. Osnabruecker Hexenprozesse im Spiegel fruehneuzeitlicher Publizistik
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Behringer, Wolfgang. "Neun Millionen Hexen. Entstehung, Tradition und Kritik eines populären Mythos".
380: 375: 167: 151: 147: 282: 255: 251: 136: 326: 247: 118: 369: 240: 155: 175: 163: 132: 21: 310: 286: 278: 316: 171: 159: 131:(1740–1791, pronunciation ) was an 18th-century German law clerk of 117: 15: 135:, scholar and antiquarian, author of a 1791 "History of 330: 210:[A few words about witch trials in Germany]. 46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 239: 325:This article about a German writer or poet is a 146:He is known as the source of the estimate of " 350: 208:"Etwas über die Hexenprozesse in Deutschland" 8: 357: 343: 271:Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 187: 250:: Rowman & Littlefield. pp.  7: 306: 304: 195:historicum.net: Neun Millionen Hexen 44:adding citations to reliable sources 329:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 297:, Nds. Jb. f. LG 62 (1990), 305-9. 14: 141:Geschichte des Stifts Quedlinburg 315: 309: 242:Magic and Superstition in Europe 20: 31:needs additional citations for 238:Bailey, Michael David (2007). 1: 154:which became an influential 406:18th-century German jurists 55:"Gottfried Christian Voigt" 427: 303: 123:Gottfried Christian Voigt. 212:Berlinische Monatsschrift 129:Gottfried Christian Voigt 391:Early Modern witch hunts 386:Critics of witch hunting 125: 121: 206:Voigt, G.C. (1784). 168:Age of Enlightenment 152:European witch-hunts 148:nine million victims 40:improve this article 411:German writer stubs 396:German male writers 401:German Protestants 281:: Klett: 664–685. 126: 338: 337: 261:978-0-7425-3387-5 137:Quedlinburg Abbey 116: 115: 108: 90: 418: 359: 352: 345: 321: 320: 319: 313: 305: 290: 265: 245: 230: 219: 203: 197: 192: 158:in 20th century 111: 104: 100: 97: 91: 89: 48: 24: 16: 426: 425: 421: 420: 419: 417: 416: 415: 366: 365: 364: 363: 314: 308: 301: 268: 262: 237: 234: 233: 220:From p. 308: 205: 204: 200: 193: 189: 184: 124: 112: 101: 95: 92: 49: 47: 37: 25: 12: 11: 5: 424: 422: 414: 413: 408: 403: 398: 393: 388: 383: 378: 368: 367: 362: 361: 354: 347: 339: 336: 335: 322: 299: 298: 293:Herbert Pohl, 291: 266: 260: 232: 231: 198: 186: 185: 183: 180: 122: 114: 113: 28: 26: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 423: 412: 409: 407: 404: 402: 399: 397: 394: 392: 389: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 374: 373: 371: 360: 355: 353: 348: 346: 341: 340: 334: 332: 328: 323: 318: 312: 307: 302: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 272: 267: 263: 257: 253: 249: 244: 243: 236: 235: 227: 223: 217: 214:(in German). 213: 209: 202: 199: 196: 191: 188: 181: 179: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 144: 142: 138: 134: 130: 120: 110: 107: 99: 96:February 2023 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: 60: 57: –  56: 52: 51:Find sources: 45: 41: 35: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 331:expanding it 324: 300: 294: 274: 270: 241: 225: 221: 215: 211: 201: 190: 156:popular myth 145: 140: 128: 127: 102: 93: 83: 76: 69: 62: 50: 38:Please help 33:verification 30: 381:1791 deaths 376:1740 births 176:Quedlinburg 164:neopaganism 133:Quedlinburg 370:Categories 248:Lanham, MD 218:: 297–311. 182:References 66:newspapers 287:0016-9056 279:Stuttgart 150:" in the 172:Voltaire 160:feminism 252:236–238 80:scholar 285:  277:(11). 258:  82:  75:  68:  61:  53:  87:JSTOR 73:books 327:stub 283:ISSN 256:ISBN 162:and 59:news 226:one 143:). 139:" ( 42:by 372:: 275:49 273:. 254:. 246:. 229:.) 358:e 351:t 344:v 333:. 289:. 264:. 216:3 109:) 103:( 98:) 94:( 84:· 77:· 70:· 63:· 36:.

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popular myth
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historicum.net: Neun Millionen Hexen
"Etwas über die Hexenprozesse in Deutschland"
Magic and Superstition in Europe
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