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There's a popular post on /r/TIL right now that states that in "Medieval Times" redheads were associated with all forms of immorality, lycanthropy/vampirism/witchcraft, etc., and that the Spanish Inquisition singled them out for persecution. How accurate and widespread were these claims?

by /u/adrift98 in /r/AskHistorians

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