In the wake of the Christian Reformation in the 1500s, more than 40,000 people were executed on charges of witchcraft. If you look closely at the pavement in Antwerp, you’ll find a memorial to the victims hiding in plain sight. As Catholicism and Protestantism jockeyed for religious dominance, many cities chose sides and some chose differently from those around them, resulting in sanctions or worse. When in such a situation something or someone had to be blamed blamed for the situation, and usually it was the devil in the form…
