Hundreds of people, mostly women, condemned during witch-hunts that persisted well into 18th century
The Catalan parliament is on Wednesday expected to pass a resolution to pardon up to 1,000 people – the majority of them women – condemned for the crime of witchcraft in the region 400 years ago.
The move follows similar gestures in Scotland, Switzerland and Norway after more than 100 European historians signed a manifesto titled “They weren’t witches, they were women”.
