Generally, the worst punishment would be that the 'witch' would be shunned by their community. That changed between around 1450 and 1750. During this time, across Europe, witches were hunted ...

Other accused witches included Agnes Sampson, a respected elderly woman in North Berwick and Dr John Fian, a local ...

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. Belief in ...

This seminar studies the representation of witches from the late 1400s to the mid-1600s, exploring the violent history of European witch hunts and the use of women’s bodies as a tool for political ...

German police are investigating a coven of carnival witches after they were accused of beating up a local politician, leaving him with broken ribs. Alexander Kebeck, who ran as a candidate for ...