Science and Superstition: A Landmark Witch Trial

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Science and Superstition: A Landmark Witch Trial

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In 1615 Katharina, mother of the great scientist Johannes Kepler, was accused of witchcraft. Ulinka Rublack asks what her landmark trial tells us about early-modern attitudes towards science, nature and the family.

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History Today, Volume 65, Issue 11, November 2015

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science-superstition_201511261048.pdf

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Ulinka Rublack, “Science and Superstition: A Landmark Witch Trial,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 12, 2026, https://library.uwekind.com/items/show/352.