Northern Moravia Witch Trials
Northern Moravian witch trials, also known as Boblig witch trials was a series of witch trials which occurred in the Jeseník and Šumperk area in present day Czech Republic, between 1678 and 1696. They are among the largest and most well known witch trials in the history of the country.
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