Think Draw - Picture - Witch hunt

Title: Witch hunt - a terrible chapter
created on 15 Jul 10

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Comments on this picture (11):
1. skynyrd wrote: This bon fire is white hot.
2. LivelyUp wrote: oh God, yes! A horrific chapter indeed! ...Herbalists, presumed witches (mostly women), vilified & burned alive! ...a mutual fear & contempt of Nature & the Feminine.
3. LivelyUp wrote: Sorry, - I hope I didn't go on too much, but surely you know this history to have portrayed it so expertly.
4. clorophilla wrote: yes, we must not forget this! and many of those women are simply midwives! you have to put this in your own challenge mum!
5. mum23 wrote: No problem, LivelyUp! What a terrible fate for these poor people.I was surprised, though, when I did some research this morning, that the numbers that were burned at the stake were far fewer than I thought. Every single one was one too many, though!
6. LivelyUp wrote: From my own research, the number of deaths (by burning or otherwise) are highly variable! Yes, clorophilla, many simply midwives! Personally, I suspect many are deaths are unaccounted. ...But even Starhawk has revised her estimation downward.
7. LivelyUp wrote: Ironically, although many died under the hand of the church, Christian monasteries also protected (sacred) herbal texts from being burned! ...{okay, i'm done now! :~} P.S. Great art!
8. LivelyUp wrote: One Love.
9. polenta wrote: SUPERB AND GOOD DEPICTION OF YOUR MESSAGE
10. chelydra wrote: what struck me when I did a school paper on witch hunts was that they were at their worst 1600-1650, long AFTER the Renaissance and DURING the Scientific Revolution.
11. Login wrote: The 15th and 16th centuries were horific ... not just for the burning of innocents, labelled 'witches', but also for religeous persecution ... thousands beheaded or burned at the stake, purely for what they believed in.