Qualla: Terrassa Witch Trials https://qualla.com/terrassa-witch-trials en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Terrassa Witch Trials https://qualla.com/terrassa-witch-trials Terrassa Witch Trials: Introduction https://qualla.com/terrassa-witch-trials/ Antoni Ubres, a neighbor in the Catalan town of Terrassa, had a story to tell. The women, he said, met on Thursday nights at a place called la cuadra d'en Palet. There they waited for the devil, who arrived seated in a chair, wearing red. They danced frantic dances, lost control of themselves, and surrendered to him. Whether Ubres believed what he was saying, or whether he understood the consequences his testimony would have for the women he named, is lost to history. What is not lost is the outcome: six women were condemned to death on October 27, 1619, casualties of a witch panic that the town's own authorities chose to escalate even after the Spanish Inquisition had tried to calm it down.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/3/k/terrassa-witch-trials-wp/sp3k-terrassa-witch-trials-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Terrassa Witch Trials: A Town Looking for Someone to Blame https://qualla.com/terrassa-witch-trials/ The years leading up to the trials were difficult in Terrassa. Deep social divisions separated the wealthy from the poor, and economic problems made daily life precarious. The Church had shifted its theology in ways that proved dangerous for vulnerable people: supernatural phenom...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/3/k/terrassa-witch-trials-wp/sp3k-terrassa-witch-trials-a-town-looking-for-someone-to-blame.mp3 0:06 2 full Terrassa Witch Trials: The Inquisition Steps In -- and Steps Back https://qualla.com/terrassa-witch-trials/ In 1615, Joana Ferre was accused of witchcraft in Terrassa, along with ten other women. On July 2, the Holy Office of Barcelona intervened, ordering local authorities to transfer the accused to the Catalan capital. Of the eleven women, only three were incarcerated: Margarida Coti...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/3/k/terrassa-witch-trials-wp/sp3k-terrassa-witch-trials-the-inquisition-steps-in-and-steps-back.mp3 0:06 3 full Terrassa Witch Trials: The Witch Hunter Arrives https://qualla.com/terrassa-witch-trials/ On December 26, 1618, Terrassa's officials took matters into their own hands. They invited Joan Font, a witch hunter from Sellent, and agreed to pay his expenses from public funds. With his help, they formed a civil tribunal on May 23, 1619, composed of the mayor and his advisors...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/3/k/terrassa-witch-trials-wp/sp3k-terrassa-witch-trials-the-witch-hunter-arrives.mp3 0:06 4 full Terrassa Witch Trials: The Women Behind the Accusations https://qualla.com/terrassa-witch-trials/ The six condemned women were not abstractions. They had names, neighbors, histories in Terrassa. Margarida Cotilla had already endured incarceration in Barcelona and release by the Inquisition, only to face prosecution again by the very community she lived in. Micaela Casanovas, ...

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