They ACTUALLY burnt people to allay severe weather (yeah-...

They ACTUALLY burnt people to allay severe weather (yeah- climate wasn't a thing in then..) during Medieval Times


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However soon enough witch trials, also concluding with death sentences, became common in Swiss, Austria, Poland, Germany and France. A peak was reached between 1560-1660, also coinciding with two major cold climatic phases in the Alps between 1550-1560 and 1580-1600. Last witch trials occurred 1715-1722 in Bavaria, in Swiss (1737-1738) and in Germany (1746-1749). The last European witch was executed in the year 1782, soon after (1850) glaciers started to retreat and the climate became warmer.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/medieval-witch-hunts-influenced-by-climate-change/