For others, notably Margaret Murray (1863-1963), the evidence of the witch trials should be accepted as proof of a campaign to exterminate a low-lying pre-Christian cult in Europe. Modern historians ...

A new history of the seventeenth-century Basque witch-hunt usefully blows away some old myths, but fails to explain ...

Here's a breakdown on the history of witchcraft and an answer to the age-old question, "Are witches real?" Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Witchcraft ...

Gwen was executed in Denbeigh Town Square before the end of the year. Thanks to the extensive recording of proceedings, the Pendle Hill witch trials are perhaps the most well-known in British history.

In Scotland, 3,837 cases of people being accused of witchcraft have been found through historical records. Records only show the outcome of 305 trials in Scotland. Of these trials, 205 people were ...