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[–] 13 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

Most victims were of lower class and didn't own any property though. Like the wave of witch hunts in South Eastern German regions targeting the homeless: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaubererjackl_witch_trials

There wasn't really any primary purpose. Many were done just as a reaction to economic hardship by the general population in mass hysterias without any deeper meaning.

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