Witch Hunt : 9781578636990 : 17 Nov 2020 : "A transcendent travelogue with a wickedly delicious, feminist twist," writes Pam Grossman (author of Waking the Witch)?Witch Hunt is a captivating guide to the historic witch hunts and how their legacy continues to impact us today." Traveling through cities and sites across Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Kristen J. Sollée?a second-generation witch herself?explores the witch as a figure of female power and persecution. By infusing an adventurous first-person narrative with extensive research and imaginative historical fiction, Witch Hunt captures the magic of travel to make an often-overlooked period of history come alive. Between the 15th-17th centuries, a confluence of political, economic, and religious factors inspired witch hysteria to ignite like wildfire across Europe, and, later, parts of America. At the heart of the witch hunts were often dangerous misconceptions about femininity and femal