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

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

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

The sudden emergence of witch trials in early modern Europe may have been fueled by one of humanity's most significant ...

Dogs appeared several times during testimonies typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do ...

Researchers at the Santa Fe Institute found that the printing and dissemination of manuals on witch hunting, particularly the Malleus Maleficarum in 1487, played a key role in the persecution of ...

A new study reveals that the invention of the printing press in 1440 fueled the world's deadliest witch hunt, leading to ...

The witch hunts in Central Europe took off in the late 15th century and lasted for almost 300 years, resulting in the prosecution of roughly 90,000 people, with nearly 45,000 executions.

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

Early modern Europe was no place for witches. Over the course of about 300 years up until the end of the 18th century, some ...

The advent of the printing press fuelled the spread of misinformation and the emergence of witch trials across Europe in the second half of the 15th century, according to a new study. The witch ...