Here's a breakdown on the history of witchcraft and an answer to the age-old question, "Are witches real?" Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Witchcraft ...

Her history was written by men, working when African voodoo was more electrifying than outmoded English witchcraft. All wrote after the Civil War, when a slave was understood to be black.

Alamy Catalonia was a center of witchcraft trials in Europe for more than 300 years; widespread illiteracy, and the region’s history of relative autonomy from central authority in far-off Madrid ...

This episode moves from what is possibly Bedfordshire's earliest record of witchcraft, to the witch trials of the 17th ...

Throughout centuries of European witchcraft history, women were the main targets of accusations, trials, and executions, reinforcing the connections between witchcraft and societal expectations of ...

Did you know that Minnesota is home to a sacred spirit tree on the shores of Lake Superior? It is sometimes referred to as 'The Witch Tree,' but its' real name is Manidoo-giizhikens, which means ...

“It’s certainly later than most witch bottles, so sadly not contemporary with Angeline Tubbs, but still a fascinating find,” said the lecturer in folklore and history. While witchcraft in ...

For the last installment in the Institute for Research on Women's (IRW) Distinguished Lecture Series, IRW and the Center for ...

When examined through a feminist lens, the history of witchcraft reveals how patriarchal structures have weaponised the fear of witchcraft to control and oppress women. Many feminist scholars ...