The Burning Times

 

Great documentary remembering and recognizing those women who suffered through the burning times.

The Burning Times

The Burning Times is a Canadian documentary about the witchcraft trials & persecutions that swept through Europe in the 15th-17th centuries. 

This was a period when those accused of being heretics or witches were tortured & executed, often by fire.

The tragedy of the Burning Times was that women and even some men who were considered allies and healers to their communities were betrayed and turned into the Church for being Satan's soldiers. 

The Church preached that anyone with supernatural abilities, in many cases (particularly midwives) with the knowledge to heal, was working for and with the devil and acquired these superhuman abilities by making a deal with him. 

The documentary is about an hour long and you can watch it:

A lot of people are asking about the opening music, it is haunting and beautiful, isn’t it?

It’s called “Tango to Evora” by Lorena McKennitt.