The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act ...

Druids, wiccans and witches will hold ceremonies across the UK this week as Britain’s blossoming pagan community celebrates ...

Over 200 people were accused, resulting in19 hangings–including 14 women. In Scotland, however, the Witchcraft Act of 1563 remained codified law for nearly 200 years, and helped justify the ...

A new tartan has been registered memorialising the people in Scotland who were persecuted for witchcraft. The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women ...

In Scotland until the 1500s, witchcraft was seen as a religious rather than a criminal issue. Anyone accused of witchcraft was usually dealt with in local church courts. In 1563, that changed.

Woodcut showing the Scottish King, James VI overseeing the torturing of witches at the witchcraft trial in Edinburgh. From 1591 edition of 'Newes from Scotland.' King James VI wrote about this in ...

A new Scottish tartan has been designed to honor the thousands of individuals — mostly women — who were executed between 1563 and 1736 under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. The Witches of Scotland tartan ...

A new tartan has been registered memorialising the people in Scotland who were persecuted for witchcraft. The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women, who were ...