Witch hunting ... the Salem witch trials, which took place between February 1692 and May 1693. If you've ever wondered what exactly could get you accused of witchcraft in the 17th century, then ...

The books recounts the witch trials historians believe inspired the Salem trials in the United States of America.

THOMASVILLE- The John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century met at The Plaza ... “Dorothy Goode and the Massachusetts Witch Trials, 1692-1693.” Over two hundred people ...

The explosion of witch trials during the 17th century in Europe is explored using vivid illustrations of trials and executions. Professor Malcolm Gaskill investigate how the European pre-modern ...

(Reginald Scot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) In the 17th and 18th Century ... doubts about witch hunts grew and the number of trials across Europe fell. This may be because profound ...

“She had no status to be able to fight for her innocence, and women have been disproportionately the victim of witch trials.” The legislation argues that misogyny played a significant role in ...

On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the Mohawk Meilan ...

The Crucible” is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-1693. American playwright Arthur Miller penned the play as an allegory for ...

Estes Park High School and Thespian Troupe 7284 students are busy rehearsing their latest production, Witches!? In Salem?! by ...

The 300-year-old book of witch trials held in Bury St Edmunds ... "It was quite tricky for women in the 17th Century, because if you weren't married or had a job you were in quite a precarious ...