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This image depicts a massacre carried out against Waldensians by Savoyard troops in the 17th century; it has nothing to do with witches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoyard%E2%80%93Waldensian_wars Charlemagne outlawed belief in witches, which he considered paganism, and made accusing someone of being a witch punishable by death. http://myweb.ttu.edu/jhowe/syllabi/Saxony.html
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