Did witches really exist in the Middle Ages?

The way to test whether a woman is a witch is related to her weight. Anyone who is underweight is considered a witch. "Because of different sources of statistical data, future generations have been unable to give an accurate answer to the number of" witches "who died in the witch-destroying frenzy. Various statistics range from hundreds of thousands to millions. Bambeck, a small town in Bavaria, was once a town with 6,000 people, but within five years, 600 people were convicted as witches and died in the fire. In Wü rzburg, another small town with a similar population, at the same time, nearly 900 "witches" were buried in the fire, which is equivalent to one "witch" being executed every two days. 1597, German widow Clara, making a living by doing short-term work? Although geissler is 67 years old, she is still falsely accused as a "witch". She was accused of living with three demons, causing more than 240 deaths, causing the house to catch fire nine times and even burning down the city ... She swallowed her breath under torture.

At the end of the interrogation record, this sentence was written: "The devil didn't want her to give anything more, so he tightened her neck." Judges and priests benefit from it: they enjoy people's gratitude to them, and after burning a witch, they also ask the family of the deceased for firewood and money for holding a celebration party. At that time, Europeans regarded cats as witches' accomplices and killed them. This greatly reduced the number of cats in the Middle Ages and was almost extinct. The cat disaster led to the proliferation of mice, which triggered a terrible plague and killed more than 25 million people in Europe.

In Switzerland, people stab a bag full of cats with a sharp knife until the cat is stabbed to death; In Copenhagen, people throw cats from the tall bell tower and listen to their dying cries. 1533, when Queen Elizabeth I held the coronation ceremony, the screams of boxes of cats in the fire were accompanied by the priest's loud prayers.