Film
Sorgina, banaiz
The massacre occurred 500 years ago. In 1525, the Spanish Royal Council ordered the execution of five members of a cult recently discovered in the Pyrenees. This event marked the beginning of a relentless, century-long prosecution against Basque witchcraft, which exhibited all the hallmarks of the great European witch hunts, including an unstable border between powerful nations, revolts against the lords, raging misogyny, confessions obtained under torture, and mass accusations. These past five centuries, only one account has been heard: that of the inquisitors and jurists, the same ones who invented the myth of flying witches who met with the devil at sabbats to plot their crimes.
Overview
The massacre occurred 500 years ago. In 1525, the Spanish Royal Council ordered the execution of five members of a cult recently discovered in the Pyrenees. This event marked the beginning of a relentless, century-long prosecution against Basque witchcraft, which exhibited all the hallmarks of the great European witch hunts, including an unstable border between powerful nations, revolts against the lords, raging misogyny, confessions obtained under torture, and mass accusations. These past five centuries, only one account has been heard: that of the inquisitors and jurists, the same ones who invented the myth of flying witches who met with the devil at sabbats to plot their crimes.
Cast
- Natalia Silva PradaSelf
- William MonterSelf
- Sophie HoudardSelf
- Asisko UrmenetaSelf
Similar films
Strange Days Diary NYC
Paris : Les Lieux secrets de l'occupation
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
Never Again: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - A Tour with Wolf Blitzer
What They Found
Une vie contre l'oubli
Le monde perdu des mammouths
The Great Smog of London
Pasaiako badia
What Killed the Roman Empire?