When nine Huntingdonshire people were accused of witchcraft in 1646, during the English Civil Wars, their accusers knew who ...

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 ...

Stories like A Court of Thorns and Roses have been seducing audiences with tales of romance and magical danger for hundreds ...

Note: Don’t forget we burned witches in America, too. Remember the Salem Witch Trials?) In a particular type of fairy tale, there must be a villain, and that’s the kind Trump has propagated ...

Witchcraft trials became a nexus between law, theology, and popular culture. Students will examine the cultural and social foundations of this phenomenon through a variety of historical sources, with ...

Witchcraft trials became a nexus between law, theology and the culture of common people. In this course, students will study the cultural and social basis of this development and get to know a ...