Through out history we have heard of witches being burned at the stake. During my time researching old court records pertaining to the Salem Witch Trials I had discovered that this victims were not burned at the stake but rather hung. I started looking back beyond 1692 to see if witches had been burned prior to this time. What I found was that witches were not really being burned but rather hung. So were did the idea of burning at the stake come from?

It actually came from the fact that women were being burned for heresy. The Catholic church was ok with burning someone who had a different religious view point.

Upon learning this I dug deep and have published a bio on a woman named Ann Askew who actually has become famous in her own right throughout history. To learn more about this brave and during woman and why she was condemed to be burned at the stake in 1546 read my article:

Ann Askew: Burned at the Stake in 1546 for Heresy