During the 15th and 16th century (the Elizabethan era) the fear going around was of witches. Witches are creatures that are believed to have evil (black witches) or good magical (white witches) powers and to be in service of Satan, threatening the Christian Society. This caused a moral panic all over Europe. People accused of being witches were old, single, poor, women most of the time. The reason is because during this time period convents closed down and marrying a man was a only way for a women to be protected, this was the belief in the male dominant society. Many poor, old women were single and this was disliked by other citizens. Out of fear, it became easier to blame unexplainable events on them.When they were accused of being witches
