In a 2019 article, Joel Harrington tied the origin of a pseudohistorical belief of these events to Heinrich Himmler's Special Assignment H, which was created to blame past injustices on Jews. The CBC's broadcast of an error-filled 1990 documentary on (-5[1])these events directed by Donna Read prompted years of complaints from the Catholic League. That documentary overestimates the number of subjects of these events organized by agents such as Matthew Hopkins. A "cult" theory on the targets of these events influenced the founding and naming of a religion by Gerald Gardner. The neopagan interviewees Margot Adler and (-5[1])Starhawk featured on a documentary promoting these events as a "women's Holocaust" titled The Burning Times. For 10 points, identify these events from early modern Europe which saw many women executed for possessing magical powers. ■END■ (-5[1])