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The terror that the wolf struck into medieval man, can easily be imagined. Packs of ferocious wolves roamed around the woodlands and even the hot, dusty plains of

India. Hunting in groups, they were a problem for other wild animals, livestock herds and man himself if they became bold.

By the end of the 16th century, wolves had been hunted to extinction in England, and within 200 years had been wiped out throughout the rest of the British Isles. But they were still moving freely in the rest of Europe, where fear of the wolf showed itself in stories, such as the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. During the 16th century, when the European colonies in North America were being settled. Henry VIII was on the English throne and Galileo was making his first astronomical studies with his newly invented telescope. France was in the midst of a religious movement where the mere accusation of being a werewolf resulted in thousands of innocent people being hanged or burned along with other unfortunates charged with being witches and wizards. In one period of just over 100 years, between 1520 and 1630, there were 30,000 trials of were wolves in France. Most of those found guilty were quickly killed by their fearful fellow countrymen. Luckily, by the end of the 16th century, a growing sense of doubt about the strength of belief as well as a feeling of communal guilt, led to more mild treatment of 'werewolves'. After all, most of them were simply mentally disturbed peasants, suffering from lycanthropy, the belief that they could be transformed into werewolves.

The men who were found guilty in the trials in France were:

A)  Unnecessarily harassed and punished

B)  Quickly killed by the fearful fellow countrymen

C)  Killed by the law makers

D)  Hanged or burned on charges of being witches and wizards

E)  None of these