The fascinating story of Tinctor’s “foul treatise” from 1460 in Flanders and Burgundian France, and how it ended up in Canada Then student Rob Desjardins (PhD) discovered the hidden significance of ...

One of the earliest depictions of flying witches is in a 15th-century text entitled "Le champion des dames," or "The Defender of Ladies." Martin Le Franc/W. Schild. Die Maleficia der Hexenleut' via ...

Archaeologists excavating an extension to Rostock’s town hall uncovered a rare medieval curse tablet hidden beneath a latrine ...

For more than 400 years in Europe – longer than the USA has been a country – witches were hunted, tortured and killed. Scotland was notable for its violent embracing of the ‘duty’ to exterminate them, ...

The Middle Ages and early modern period were not a good time for anyone, particularly women who deviated from a very limited set of expectations. Between superstition, religious hysteria, and social ...

As Halloween approaches, plenty of would-be witches and warlocks are digging through the broom closet and dusting off their pointy hats — but they might be surprised by the costume's history, ...

A new campaign is working to restore the reputation of witches, a group that has been persecuted throughout history, with Scotland’s first minister calling medieval witch trials an “injustice on a ...

WITCHES intent on mischief and mayhem would do well to avoid one medieval pub with secret defences - ritual circles to stop evil spirits coming down the chimney. The Fleece Inn in Bretforton has ...

Travel back in time with Witch, a new medieval horror from filmmakers Craig Hinde & Marc Zammit. As the title suggests, this is a film about witchcraft. But this isn’t just about human witches with a ...

The image of a witch flying on a broomstick is iconic, but it is not nearly as old as the idea of witchcraft itself, which dates to the earliest days of humankind. Several theologians, church ...