Case file · Witch trials
The Valais witch trials
From 1428, courts in the Valais (Switzerland) tried and burned over a hundred people accused of a secret sect that flew to gatherings, killed children and served the Devil.
1428 CE · 46.23, 7.36 · status: official
The account
Chronicler Johannes Fründ described the trials. They are among the first trials in which the full idea of the witches' sabbath appears.