"Witches" were around long before written record. The first recorded one? Idk. But! The death penalty for witchcraft was first issued by Emperor Charlemagne of Frankia in the 8th century. Proper name? Europe or the Americas. Or if you want to get technical and go with the stereotypical "burning" of witches, that would be stake. eg. Burned at the stake. Generally they just hanged them, though. Don't cite me as your source. Dusty668, www.tip.it/forum, 10th September 2009, "Burning Witches Comment", First, Online, 10th September 2009, http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=808746 If he wants to ... this is the prescribed Harvard System of Referencing. :thumbup: Heh, just put that into my Works Cited page. Had to change it a little so it wold be MLA.