The end of witch hunts did not bring an end to the human impulses that sustained them....
Witch
The history of why witchcraft was seen as a woman’s work. Introduction Flying through the skies on...
The height of the witch frenzy was marked by the publication of the Malleus Maleficarum (“Hammer of...
The witch-hunts of early modern Europe took place against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, and religious...
Natural events and pandemics contributed to the hysteria surrounding the witch trials of the 16th through 18th...
Did Shakespeare’s contemporaries believe in witches? Looking at witchcraft trials in the 16th century and considering their...