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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Were your forefathers who burned witches New England Puritans? If so, what evidence have you that they did this? Best, John Dillon At 03:58 PM 6/17/2004 -0400, V. K. Inman wrote: >Well here's a flame. I come from a long line of New England Puritans. My >fore >fathers burned witches. Need I know anything else about them? There is >nothing in their motivation which justifies their acts. Would it make it less >horrible to find that they burned fewer witches than was previously thought? >No! This is a medieval topic--revisionism and the middle ages. We cannot do >anything to make horrible acts less horrible or justify those who perpetuated >them. --V. K. Inman ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html