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 ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvv416z0 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvv416z0.3 To understand witchcraft we must descend into the darkness of the ...

Medieval graffiti that people once carved to try and ‘ward off evil spirits’ has been discovered by archaeologists. Two stones from the remains of a church in Buckinghamshire in the UK had the spooky ...

Additional readings (books and articles) will be assigned to individual classes. Please turn off all cell phones or beepers before class begins. If your cell phone rings in class, you will be asked to ...

The marks are meant to keep bad spirits away, but they won't stop a high-speed train route from moving into the area. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.