Between 1563 and 1736, thousands of individuals were executed under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. Designed to enforce godliness in the newly Protestant country, the law condemned anyone who appeared to ...

The sole sponsor of a state resolution aimed at exonerating nearly a dozen colonial Marylanders accused of witchcraft or ...

The study was conducted because the Witchcraft Act has been questioned. It was passed in 1914 when Zambia was part of the British "sphere of influence." The act defines practicing witchcraft as ...

A new Scottish tartan has been designed to honor the thousands of individuals — mostly women — who were executed between 1563 and 1736 under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. The Witches of Scotland tartan ...

The study was conducted because the Witchcraft Act has been questioned. It was passed in 1914 when Zambia was part of the British “sphere of influence.” The act defines practicing witchcraft as ...

The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women, who were executed as a result of the country's Witchcraft Act. The Act, which was in place between 1563 and ...

The study was conducted because the Witchcraft Act has been questioned. It was passed in 1914 when Zambia was part of the British “sphere of influence.” The act defines practicing witchcraft ...