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

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 ...

As many viewers predicted, Locke is actually playing Wiccan, the magically created son of Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch and Paul Bettany's Vision. And where Billy Kaplan appears, his twin ...

Discover the places associated with witchcraft in England including Colchester Castle, Mother Shipton's Cave, Pendle Hill and York Castle Prison.

Haas, who lived between 1509 and 1576, is credited as the first to document ideas like multi-stage rockets, spacecraft designs, and even liquid fuel propulsion. The 450-page manuscript includes ...

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

This 2013 Gothic fantasy romance focuses on a teen who will learn on her 16th birthday whether or not her witch tendencies will be for good or ill. Two-time Academy Award-winning actress and ...

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Though an arduous process, her attention to detail unveiled that stregamenti often played a profound role in 16th century Venetian witchcraft trials. As Bennett’s research continued, her interest in ...

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The researchers say the London Royal Exchange, fueled by the open, multilingual repartee, “helped news, gossip, and slander spread through the city” by functioning as a sort of 16th-century social ...

Despite Agatha's trial taking place in Salem 303 years prior to Agatha All Along, her trial technically wasn't part of the Salem witch trials. Her trial has a few similarities to the real-life ...