Six hundred years ago a grisly witch hunt in the Simmental, a valley in canton Bern, was described in a book. This went on to ...

The method of execution differed in different countries. For example, people in England were hanged for the crime of witchcraft but in Scotland, witchcraft was classed as heresy — a religious ...

One of the reasons that the Salem witch craze has such a hold on our imagination is the detailed testimony available to us. There are several contemporary sources, including court records ...

“Popularly known as the 'witch craze', this eruption of persecution is puzzling because belief in witchcraft had existed for ...