Throughout centuries of European witchcraft history, women were the main targets of accusations, trials, and executions, reinforcing the connections between witchcraft and societal expectations of ...

Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi successfully campaigned for a state pardon for women accused of witchcraft ...

A bill introduced in the state House by Maryland lawmakers could exonerate individuals accused or convicted of witchcraft ...

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Now, Willow Winsham's The Story of Witches: Folklore, History and Superstition offers a fun, fast, well researched historical ...

We’ll pick apart some witchcraft icons - like the pointy hat - and trace their origins. By the end, you will have an idea of how a complex and diverse history of magic became distilled into th ...

From the Pendle Witches to Samlesbury Hall, here are some of the areas in Lancashire that locals associate with witchcraft.

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

Now, Willow Winsham's The Story of Witches: Folklore, History and Superstition offers a fun, fast, well researched historical summary that is also a stunning work of art. In The Story of Witches ...