A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released ...

A 16th-century print depicts the witch-hunter ... put an end to the persecutions in Catalonia in 1622, though witchcraft trials continued sporadically, in remote areas, until as late as 1777.

In 16th and 17th century Scotland, roughly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft. The rate of executions were five times the European average, and of the accused, 85% were women. The BBC's ...

The late 16th-century craze was encouraged by the return ... four Baillies and a jury. The trials were held in the Tolbooth. Dittays - lists of charges against a witch read out before the court - ...

A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries is being brought to life by augmented reality. The Tendring Witch Heritage Trail is set in Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and ...

A new exhibition on the Salem witch trials explores how the meaning of ... ancestors directly involved in the witch hunts of 17th-century America—Samuel Sewall, the judge, and Mary Bliss Parsons ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. An engraving from around 1480 of Christ healing a man possessed by a devil or evil spirit. In medieval Europe ...