Repo for maps created in Python.
This interactive historical map shows the number of witch trials in Europe over 550 years. To create it, I brought the regions and localities collected by researchers based on historical sources in line with the modern regional division of Europe (NUTS-3). The map was submitted to the MapPromptMonday challenge ("Proportional Symbols" for May 15th, 2023).
Witch trials dataset | Eurostat Coastlines | Eurostat NUTS | Europe GeoJSON
Peter T. Leeson & Jacob W. Russ, 2018. "Witch Trials," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 128(613), pages 2066-2105, August. ||||||| QUARTZ: Germany was once the witch-burning capital of the world. Here’s why