Christianity in Europe Christians were part of the Protestant tradition. Russia is the largest Christian country in Europe by population, followed by Germany and Italy. Since at least the legalization of Christianity by the Roman Emperor Constantine in the 4th century, Europe has been an important centre of Christian culture, even though the religion was inherited from Africa and the Middle East and important Christian communities have thrived outside Europe such as Oriental Orthodoxy and the Church of the East since the time of Christ. Christian culture has been an important force in Western civilization, influencing the course of philosophy, art, and science.
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe The Witch-Cult in Western Europe The Witch-Cult in Western Europe is a 1921 anthropological book by Margaret Murray, published at the height of success of "The Golden Bough" by anthropologist James George Frazer. For the book, university circles celebrated Margaret Murray as the expert on western witchcraft. For the period 1929-1968, she wrote the "Witchcraft" article in the successive editions of the "Encyclopædia Britannica". In 1962, "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe" was reprinted by Oxford University Press. Her theory, also known as the "witch-cult hypothesis" suggests that the things told about witches in Europe were in fact based on a