Write a brief response for each reading. Length: 1-2 paragraphs for each.
Reading #1. Write a brief response to the painting depicting St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. What sort of images are portrayed? Who is participating in this painting and in what roles? What type of violence is being carried out and by whom?
Reading #2. Write a brief response to the Primary Source Reading assigned for today: The Malleus Maleficarum (“The Hammer of Witches”). According to the source, what characteristics make women more likely to be involved in witchcraft? What does this tell us about views about women in the early modern world?