In her Newberry Library course, Kay Daly examines the depiction of witches onstage, from the 17th century to the present.

New research shows that the printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread conspiracies that fueled the Salem ...

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 ...

In the 21st century, you’re far more likely to encounter a TV witch who’s smart and stylish, and whose beauty is part of her ...

That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.

I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what ...

How one of humanity’s most important inventions fuelled deadly witch hunts in Europe - Early books and influence of nearby ...

“Your average witch is just somebody who lives next to you and has this spiritual practice you don’t know about,” Deborah ...

A NEW book about the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 makes ­compelling reading. Six terrorists stormed the building in central ...

Each week we pause to ponder the truths available to us from the pages of history. We browse through the annals of the ...

Halloween has evolved into a cultural phenomenon, driven by Millennials and Gen X, with a significant impact on tourism and ...