The witch trials that swept Europe from the late 15th through the 17th centuries, culminating notably in America’s Salem Witch Trials of 1692, were driven substantially by specific biblical ...

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Tracking the book’s influence, the study authors examined the timing of witch trials in 553 cities across central Europe between 1400 and 1679, finding a spike in demonological charges ...

A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries is being brought to life by augmented reality. The Tendring Witch Heritage Trail is set in Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and ...

word spread across Europe about Boy's magical abilities, which he used to help his master on the battlefield. These types of stories had been around long before the Salem witch trials took place.

(Burchard of Worms, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) One change that led to witch trials across Europe was a change in how the Catholic Church viewed witchcraft. In the 10th century ...

Evolving Perceptions," uses audio-dubbed tableaux and informational displays to educate visitors on the European witchcraft trials, the history of witch-hunting and the evolution of the term ...

The pivotal accuser at the trials, Tituba, would go down in history ... the Massachusetts Bay Colony grappled with our deadliest witchcraft epidemic. Early in 1692, several young girls began ...

In 16th and 17th century Scotland, roughly 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft. The rate of executions were five times the European average, and of the accused, 85% were women. The BBC's ...

A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries ... for witchcraft in the 16th and 17th Centuries." Professor of European history Alison Rowlands from the University of Essex ...