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  Penny, witch hunts usually depended on the campaign of some particular which-hunter, usually armed with a licence issued by a church-authority, and included a lot of propaganda to daunt the people. Similar - although to an extent - were the persecutions for heresy, but witch-hunting may have involved extreme brutality, as the accused were often incriminated with charges of causing illnesses or mishaps. Usually, it took only one accusation for a person to be singled out.
  I would add, that the term Christian is not appropriate to describe the attitude of the perpetraters of witch-hunting, as they were most certainly not Christian no-matter what they presented themselves as. I think 18th century illumination finally put an end to witch-hunting and persecution of so-called heretics in Europe. And possibly a natural disaster, in Lisbon, where an earthquaque occured soon after a number of Jews were burned in an auto-da-fe. It was considered a reaction from High!

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