Commonly Accused
Midwives-
- Disliked because they hosted births
- Could give women herbs to make them feel better during labor
- Were blamed if something went wrong during the birth or the baby was deformed or dead
- Men accused these women of witchcraft for their knowledge of which they did not possess
- "Malleus Maleficarum" claimed that midwives were the most dangerous kind of witch for all the damage they could do to a new family
- Women were considered the weaker sex
- Women are more susceptible to the enticements of the devil
- Men are only enchanted by these witches but are not possessed by the devil himself