Author guest post from Julia A Hickey. The accusation of witchcraft became a weapon to wield against women, to bring them down and to ruin them. It was one short step from virtuous respectability to having a compact with the Devil. And not all of the so-called witches were snaggle-toothed crones. … Continue reading Witch Week – Damned if they did and damned if they didn’t: mischievous women and witchcraft