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Explain the regional variations of the witchcraze in Europe c1580-1640. The European Witchcraze was undoubtedly a reflection of religious conflict, and, equally, wherever there was extensive literature available to the elite on the subject of witches there often followed a surge of witch trials. Countries, which were isolated from religious conflict and influential books notably escaped suffering and in some cases, the witchcraze could even be shaped by powerful individuals who had an interest in promoting witches as scapegoats or even geographic isolation. Across the continent, Catholics and Protestants were tearing each other apart and secular governments divided the Protestant North and the Catholic South of the Holy Roman Empire. Wars lasting decades followed these divisions such as the Thirty Years war (1618-1648) and the French Wars of Religion (1560-1600), largely as a result of the tension following the Reformation and Counter Reformation. The heartland of the witchcraze is centred around...

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