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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most people picture medieval witches as part of the “Dark Ages”… but the real truth is way more surprising. In this video, we reveal an unexpected fact about medieval witches — and what history ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Witchcraft and spooky atmospheres abound in this award-winning Irish pub known for its medieval aesthetic, delicious food, and lively entertainment.