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

Paula Findlen was strolling under the Renaissance arcades of Via Zamboni in Bologna, Italy. A graduate student in history of science at the University of California, Berkeley, who was visiting the ...

In short, there is no credible evidence that 18th-century gambling dens employed dice swallowers to avoid police detection. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, some newspapers repo ...

Tarot only took on an explicitly mystical connotation in the late 18th century. In 1781, French pastor and occultist Antoine Court de Gébelin came across a tarot deck and concluded that “what ...

Southwestern Pennsylvania's glassmaking tradition dates from late 18th century Jeff Himler Saturday, April 12, 2025 12:01 a.m. | Saturday, April 12, 2025 12:01 a.m. Go Ad-Free Today!