The Burning Times - European Witch Trials - Its Social Effects On Women

The Burning Times
The Burning Times tape that we viewed in class made me aware of things I had no previous knowledge of. Before organized religion took root and spread like a fungus throughout Europe, women had a high status in much of that continent, in areas of healing, midwifing, perception, and wisdom. The pagan (I hate that label the Romans gave country folk) culture was much more open and tolerant to what women had to offer in their experience and understanding of the world they lived in. Pagan society saw what an important social force woman were and used them to help them in faci…