Case file · Witch trials
Basque witch trials (Zugarramurdi)
A Spanish Inquisition case whose sceptical inquisitor helped end mass hunts.
1610 CE · 43.27, -1.55 · status: documented
The sceptical view
A real, documented historical persecution — the witchcraft accusations themselves had no basis; victims were condemned through torture, rivalry, delusion and fear.
Connections in the atlas
- Pierre de Lancre's witch hunt in the Labourd
- Zugarramurdi witches' cave
- Navarre witch hunt of 1525