What is recorded here
Alice Kyteler lived in County Kilkenny during the early fourteenth century, where her wealth and four marriages provoked jealous men rather than divine punishment. A bishop twisted a family feud into demon worship, killing her associate Petronilla de Meath while Alice vanished beyond reach. She remains the first recorded witchcraft condemnation in Ireland, exposing how easily fear and greed manufacture monsters.
Why this person is known: Hiberno-Norman noblewoman accused of witchcraft
- Birthplace
- Kilkenny
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