The Terror of History: The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe, UCLA

The Terror of History: The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe

Lecturer: Professor Teofilo Ruiz

http://www.history.ucla.edu/people/faculty?lid=869&

Feb. 28, 2007

UCLA History Alumni page: http://www.history.ucla.edu/people/alumni

Professor Ruiz, UCLA department chair and Premio del Rey prize for best book in Spanish history before 1580 for his Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late Medieval Castile, was speaker for the UCLA History Alumni Faculty Lecture, cohosted by the UCLA Alumni Association and UCLA Department of History. Ruiz spoke to an audience of more than 80 history department alumni and guests. Watch his lively and engaging presentation.

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[Hierarchangel]

Very engaging lecture. You guys at UCLA are fortunate - don't miss the opportunity to learn from people like this!

[bloodhive]

government and the church accused midwives and herbal healers of being witches, because they competed against doctors and the medical industry. that is my spin correct me if im wrong

[Rinzo2]

I was lucky enough to have Professor Ruiz for two separate classes while attending UCLA. The guy is an intellectual powerhouse and is one of the quintessential historians of the twentieth century.

Add to this the fact he is a phenomenal person. He loves all his students and gets to know each and every one of his 400+ students a quarter by name. He gives out chocolate on exam days. I liken him to Jaime Escalante in the type of impact he's had on the lives of his students. Thank you Teo!

[agapitoflores001]

Wahhhh.. this is scary.. goose bumps in my hands. hehe.. joke!

[hatestheastroturf]

STEVE JOBS YOURE ALIVE!!!!

Joking aside, good lecture though. Very well organized. I want to see this guy sometime!

[luvdrg8]

Please post more of Dr. Ruiz's lectures, UCLA. He is one of the best teachers I've ever seen!

[36Chik]

Demons and devils even to their own kind...clearly this sickness is truly in the genes....judgement has come for all of u devils cause as evil as u were then u still are today but ur more sneaky or at least u thought u were .....even the planet knows who the devils seed is my ppl know

[JuggieC]

I LOVE the fact that he states it was mostly women. There are so many people who say "Well there were men too...." and of course there were. There were men accused and their suffering is no less tragic. But the vast majority of those accused and executed were women. This was a woman's holocaust, yet to be acknowledged.

[JuggieC]

@bloodhive I believe you're right. I also believe it still goes on goes on today. There are still a great many doctors who laugh at herbal healers, in my experience, at least.

[kittythevamp]

yes exactly, ppl say Christians want love and harmony and pagans are very spiritual and want peace and harmony too (of course i am a pagan witch). ppl thought witches are evil, do black magic, curse ppl, (well we can if the ppl deserve it), and all that stuff, we can do that but we dont really like to because we deeply believe in good will, peace, prosperity, and all that junk. your neighbor could be pagan but you wud never know because you have done nuthing wrong to then,

[natureboiwill]

I really liked this lecture, I found it interesting and thought provoking.