Witches - Truth, Trials and Terrors
With a selection of the world's foremost academic experts on witches and witchcraft, we separate the history from the hysteria and discover just what a witch was - and why were they accused and often put to death?
Witches - Truth, Trials and Terrors
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6. An Invitation to the Witches Assembly
Witches flying through the night. Secret gatherings. Feasting, dancing, sex with demons and worshipping the Devil. There was just one problem with the witches’ Sabbats: they almost certainly never happened. However your invitation isn't ...
5. Who Do You Call When You’ve Been Bewitched?
Your child falls ill. Your cow stops giving milk. You suspect a witch. Who do you call? Across early modern Europe, cunning folk claimed to heal the sick, identify witches, recover stolen property and even send curses back to...
4. Who Invented Witches?
What if witches weren’t discovered at all... but invented? For centuries, Europeans feared magic, demons and heretics. But somewhere along the way, those separate fears were stitched together into something new: the witch, a ...
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Great show I was wondering about the opening music, what is it ? Can it be downloaded? Thank you Gary
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