This woodcut shows witches casting a spell to ... the hard times – witches were the easy target. We can also see witch hunts as having a ‘snowball effect’. When people heard about witches ...

In 1590, David Seton, bailie of Tranent accused his servant Geillis Duncan of witchcraft, starting the North Berwick witch hunt. Under torture ... This 16th Century German woodcut shows a man ...