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EXPLAINED: Cambridge study links witchcraft accusations to women s occupations | Rare Historical Photos

Women were more likely to be accused of witchcraft than men because of the jobs they did, a new Cambridge University study claims. PHOTO BY CHARLES C.COLLINGWOOD/UNSPLASH 

Women were more likely to be accused of witchcraft than men because of the jobs they did, a new Cambridge University study claims.

By the 16th and 17th centuries, up to 90 percent of those accused of witchcraft or maleficium, as it was known, were women.

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