The correct option is A. Witches worshiped the devil these beliefs resulted in widespread witch hunting in Europe during the sixteenth century.
From the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, witch trials took place in England. Approximately 500 to 1000 people are estimated to have died as a result of them, 90% of whom were women.
The notorious Salem witch trials got underway in the spring of 1692 after some young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, alleged they were under the devil's sway and accused numerous local women of practicing witchcraft.
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