TheKing'sWarOnWitches

《TheKing'sWarOnWitches》是一部美国电视剧，无需下载任何播放器即可免费在线观看，该节目讲述了：Inthelate16thcenturyEuropewasinthegripofaferociouswitchhunt,wherethousandsweretorturedandburntatthestake.ThechurchwasfullybehindthisterrifyingcrusadeagainsttheimaginaryenemiesofChristianity.InFranceandGermanyaloneupto40,000peoplemayhavebeenkilledaswitches.ButEnglandandScotlandwerealmostuntouchedbywitchpersecutionsuntilKingJameshimselfdecidedtolaunchhisown,personalwaronwitchcraft.In1597KingJamesVIofScotlandpublished'Daemonology',ahandbookonhowtorecogniseanddestroy,witches.Thebookexploredthethreatthat'thoseDetestableslavesoftheDevil',posedtoJameshimself.ItfuelledwavesofwitchhuntingthroughoutBritain.ThelegacyofJames''Daemonology'continuedthroughoutthe17thcentury,andledtothetortureandexecutionofhundredsofwomeninaseriesofinfamouswitchtrials.No-oneknowsexactlyhowmanymenandwomendiedinthesetrials,suchasthePendletrialof1612,orhowmanyotherswerekilledincasesthatnevercametocourt.ThedocumentaryrevealsthepurgesinmanyareasofBritaindrewdirectlyonKingJames'book.Alsoforthefirsttime,remarkablenewarchaeologicalevidencefromCornwall,suggeststhatwitchcraftwasactivelypracticedforcenturies,evenduringthemostintenseperiodsofwitch-hunting.ExperimentalarchaeologistJacquiWoodhasexcavatedstrangepitslinedwithswan'sfeathers,andfilledwithanimalskinsandhumanremains.Shebelievesthepitswereritualofferingsinspiredbywitchcraftbeliefs.