Here's a breakdown on the history of witchcraft and an answer to the age-old question ... Maleficarum" spurred centuries long witch-hunts and trials within Europe, codifying folklore into ...

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act Sarah Kuta On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences ...

The bill acknowledges that more than 300 years after the witch trials in the U.S., historians, and society agree the accused and convicted individuals were innocent. Community panic, overwhelming ...

This was alarming to people at the time, and cause them to question the trials ... (The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo) The case of Katherine Liddell, an alleged witch from Prestonpans ...

This seminar studies the representation of witches from the late 1400s to the mid-1600s, exploring the violent history of European witch hunts and the use of women’s bodies as a tool for political ...