SIX CENTURIES OF FEAR AND PERSECUTION
1428–47
At least 367 people are tried for witchcraft in the Duchy of Savoy (now part of southeastern France and Switzerland) in what is widely considered to be Europe’s first series of witch trials. Many of the victims are accused of being werewolves.
1431
Joan of Arc, who had led the French army to victory over the English at Orléans in 1429, is put on trial for more than 70 charges, including sorcery. She is convicted and
