The Witchcraft Hysteria Began to Subside by the Mid-Seventeenth Century

Multiple Choice

The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars.
B) the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches.
C) the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis.
D) the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion.
E) the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society.