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[Frumious Bandersnatch]

This article may be somewhat suspect when they use the term "hundreds of thousands." Nobody knows just how many were condemned to die because of witchcraft, but all the figures I've heard were considerably less.

Now, if you throw in heresy, that is another thing entirely. In fact the church started the inquisition to stop abuses by nobles in heresy trials.