We have recently discovered the names of more than 700 women who were persecuted ... carry out witch hunts in the 15th century, and one of the worst over all for executions for witchcraft.

An iron ring set in the stone pillar of a 15th-century chapel in the Scottish ... chapter in the city’s past — the trial and execution of 23 women and one man accused of witchcraft during ...

The Catalan regional parliament has formally pardoned hundreds of women executed for witchcraft between the 15th and 18th centuries. MPs passed a resolution by a large majority to rehabilitate the ...

But one book that was quite popular from the 15th to 17th centuries ... of the tens of thousands of people – almost all women ...

Joan of ArcThe English accused Joan of Arc of being a witch, executed her ... most of them women. Some of the most famous witch trials took place in 15th-century France, 16th-century Scotland ...

As children dress up as witches for Halloween, we are reminded that there was a time when witches were persecuted and executed by society ... that emerges in the 15th century and lasts until ...

In the 15th century, the infamous Malleus Maleficarum (or Hammer of Witches) was published by Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as a guide for inquisitors and witch hunters. According to the manual, ...

as well as a small number of skeletons belonging to women and children, archaeologists told the BBC. Researchers think the find dates to the 14th or 15th century, but further analysis is needed to ...

An iron ring set in the stone pillar of a 15th-century chapel in the Scottish ... chapter in the city’s past — the trial and execution of 23 women and one man accused of witchcraft during ...

But one book that was quite popular from the 15th to 17th centuries ... of the tens of thousands of people – almost all women – who were executed during the period. Its bloody legacy stretched ...

But one book that was quite popular from the 15th to 17th centuries ... helped convict some of the tens of thousands of people – almost all women – who were executed during the period. Its bloody ...