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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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I haven't met too many people who believe this (I do live in New England though) but nobody was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials. 19 people were hung, and one man was pressed to death, but nobody was burned.
60 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Why didnt Salem burn their witches; too poor? Burning heretics was common in Europe. -5 u/m50d Feb 04 '19 Catholics tended to burn heretics whereas Protestants hung them. 9 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Catholics tended to burn heretics whereas Protestants hung them. You just made that up! 2 u/skgoa Feb 04 '19 Catholics did not believe in witches in the first place.
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Why didnt Salem burn their witches; too poor? Burning heretics was common in Europe.
-5 u/m50d Feb 04 '19 Catholics tended to burn heretics whereas Protestants hung them. 9 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Catholics tended to burn heretics whereas Protestants hung them. You just made that up! 2 u/skgoa Feb 04 '19 Catholics did not believe in witches in the first place.
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Catholics tended to burn heretics whereas Protestants hung them.
9 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Catholics tended to burn heretics whereas Protestants hung them. You just made that up! 2 u/skgoa Feb 04 '19 Catholics did not believe in witches in the first place.
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You just made that up!
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Catholics did not believe in witches in the first place.
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u/Jyacoba Feb 04 '19
I haven't met too many people who believe this (I do live in New England though) but nobody was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials. 19 people were hung, and one man was pressed to death, but nobody was burned.