The history of women being called witches is grim. Demonizing, torture and killing of women — particularly lesbians or women ...

Monsters and supernatural figures have served as a constant presence in media, from passed down spooky stories such as the ...

This week on This is Montreal, Ainslie MacLellan visits the Pointe-à-Callière Montreal Archeology and History Complex in Old ...

Yes, men can be witches. of those accused of witchcraft were women. Russia, Estonia, Normandy, Iceland. where the witch trials never boiled into a full-blown panic. or in proximity to a woman who is ...

“Witchcraft, when it is gendered as firmly ... But when it comes to why they are pointy and oversize, things get stickier. History is brimming with a dizzying number of potential sources.

We will also look at witchcraft in relation to female sexuality and fears about women’s access to ritual power throughout history. Dr Jennifer Farrell is a lecturer in medieval history at the ...

But this week, one town is remembering the woman believed to have been the first in Ireland to be executed for witchcraft 700 ...

As instability rises, and patriarchal societies begin to hold less weight, an intrigue in the occult has risen for Irish ...

An exhibition remembering 13 Scottish women wrongly accused of and persecuted for witchcraft is on display in Dunfermline.