Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a midsummer day in 1438, a young man from the north shore of Lake Geneva presented himself to the local church inquisitor. He ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the earliest depictions of flying witches is in a 15th-century text entitled "Le champion des dames," or "The Defender of ...

On a midsummer day in 1438, a young man from the north shore of Lake Geneva presented himself to the local church inquisitor. He had a confession to make. Five years earlier, his father had forced him ...

Compass-drawn Hexfoil or “Daisy Wheel” designs from English medieval churches (all images courtesy Matthew Champion and Ebury Press) Champion writes that “the medieval church was a far more ...

Travel back in time with Witch, a new medieval horror from filmmakers Craig Hinde & Marc Zammit. As the title suggests, this is a film about witchcraft. But this isn’t just about human witches with a ...

While working on a graduate school paper on the mystical powers of coral, gemologist Anna Rasche ventured deep into the archives of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum’s library. Coral is the ...

A new campaign is working to restore the reputation of witches, a group that has been persecuted throughout history, with Scotland’s first minister calling medieval witch trials an “injustice on a ...

Danish director Benjamin Christensen’s ghoulish essay film, Häxan, is the definition of a tough sell. It's over 100 years old and silent, save for a hypnotic score performed by the Czech Film ...

While most of the world has long accepted his removal from royal life, a minority of supporters now argue that his continued ostracism amounts to persecution rather than consequence. Andrew has never ...

Indie publisher Ratalaika Games and Brazilian developer lightUP announced this week that the sword-and-sorcery boomer shooter, Witch Rise, arrives on consoles this week. The fantasy first-person ...

Belief in witchcraft grew rapidly in Europe during the late Middle Ages as religious tensions and social upheaval intensified. Church authorities increasingly viewed magical practices and folk healing ...

(The Conversation) — Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her hands. (The Conversation) — Books have always had the ...