SGGK is estimated to have been written in the 14th century. It was also a high point for active Christian misogyny. The misogyny sanctioned by the Catholic Church manifested itself in a violently terrifying way: the witch hunt. During the same century that SGGK was written, “arguments for the reality of demons had gained crucial support at the highest levels of the Church” (Holland 114). According to Irish journalist Jack Holland, “Overall, it is impossible to estimate the number of victims who died at the hands of witches – estimates vary from several million to around 60,000” (Holland 124). Some women were accused of harming men and children, others of causing the Black Death, still others of having sex with the devil. The first woman accused of having sex with the devil was Lady Alice Kyteler of Kilkenny, Ireland in