Catalonia formally pardons more than 700 women executed for ... historian Pau Castell found that Catalonia was one of the first regions in Europe to carry out witch hunts in the 15th century, ...

An iron ring set in the stone pillar of a 15th-century chapel in the Scottish city of Aberdeen may not look like much, but historians say it could be a link to the trial and execution of 24 people ...

The regional parliament pardons hundreds of women executed during the 15th to 18th centuries. ... were condemned to death across Europe (illustration from 15th century Switzerland) ...

This notorious 15th-century book gave instructions ... The book’s instructions helped convict some of the tens of thousands ...

Among history's most notorious events, witch trials resulted in the torture and death of thousands of people, most of them women. Some of the most famous witch trials took place in 15th-century ...

We have necromancy manuals, which clearly come out of learned clerical milieu, in the late-14th, early-15th century. They are conjuring up the spirits of the dead in order to get their help in ...

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 ...

A 15th-century chapel in the Scottish city of Aberdeen was equipped as a prison for accused witches snared during the city's "Great Witch Hunt" in 1597.

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 ...

This notorious 15th-century book gave instructions ... The book’s instructions helped convict some of the tens of thousands of people – almost all women – who were executed during the period.

This notorious 15th-century book gave instructions ... The book’s instructions helped convict some of the tens of thousands of people – almost all women – who were executed during the period. Its ...