Word to describe people who blindly believe accusations [closed]

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I can’t for the life of me remember what this word is or if it even exists. I’m thinking of a word that would describe medieval era peasants who are religious and make and believe accusations of witch craft or demons etc. Such a word could describe the people in the town of Salem during the infamous witch trials.

Any ideas?


Credulous "having or showing too great a readiness to believe things." Oxford American Dictionary

The visitor counted on the credulous nature of the villagers when he told them he could detect evil in their children.

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