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Featured on PDR in the essay Woodcuts and Witches

Jon Crabb on the witch craze of early modern Europe, and how the concurrent rise of the mass-produced woodcut helped forge the archetype of the broom-riding crone — complete with cauldron and cats — so familiar today.

Witches on Broomsticks

Date

1720

From

The History of Witches and Wizards


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights


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