Alice Kyteler was one of the first people in Europe to be accused of witchcraft - and her case set a chilling precedent. In ...

How did witch-hunting activity ramp up in medieval Essex? In a new Sky HISTORY series, Rylan Clark and Professor Alice ...

How one of humanity’s most important inventions fuelled deadly witch hunts in Europe - Early books and influence of nearby cities created perfect conditions for persecution of women, study says ...

A woman beheaded after she was accused of causing a girl to spit pins and convulse was exonerated Wednesday, more than 200 years after she became the last person executed as a witch in Europe.

It is said that witch hunting , where people who were supposed to be witches were tried and persecuted and executed, became large-scale around the 15th century, the end of the Middle Ages Europe ...

Anna Goeldi was executed for being a witch more than 220 years ago — the last witch beheaded in Europe. On Wednesday, the Swiss decided the least they could do was clear her name.

I have been fascinated by the witch trials in Europe (and the Salem witch trials in the United States) since I saw an iron “witch’s collar” in a Scottish museum when I was a kid. I’m ...

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.. Researchers ...