Halloween is a beloved holiday celebrated with costumes, candy, and spooky tales, but its origins go far beyond the ...

Reproductive Rites’ unearths the untold story of abortion witch hunts, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch ...

Lipstick has been linked with royalty and the devil. It's been called a sign of female emancipation and female oppression.

Condemned in tens of thousands for witchcraft, for cursing crops, or for dancing with the devil. Starting from the late ...

This myth was promoted by the Egyptologist Margaret Murray in the early 20th century and was then debunked by the historian C. L'Estrange Ewen almost as soon as it appeared. It was founded on a ...

The history of Halloween goes back at least 2,000 years, to the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow-un”).

Witches' memorial planned to mark persecution Why Canada still charges women with witchcraft Court records ... Dr Ceri Houlbrook, lecturer in folklore and history at the University of ...

5. A German bestseller changed the way people felt about witchcraft In 1486, a German clergyman called Heinrich Kramer wrote a book entitled Maleus Mallificarum. The author derided witchcraft ...

A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.] As far back as the Ancient Laws of China ...

(3) (Multicultural) A survey of Asian history from ancient times to the recent past ... the age of religious wars, state-building, witchcraft persecution, and the Age of Discovery. Prerequisite: HIST ...