7 Unbelievable Facts About the Pendle Witch Trials
The Pendle Witch Trials were the most deadly of all the European witch hunts. And it all started with a woman and a peddler.
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7 Unbelievable Facts About Catherine of Aragon, Warrior Queen
Catherine of Aragon was European royalty, and political mastermind, and her marriage to Henry VIII changed the religious landscape of Tudor England.
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7 Things You Didn’t Know About The History of Witchcraft
Across the history of witchcraft, tens of thousands have been persecuted, tried and executed for their alleged dabbling in magic.
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7 Quick Facts About the Six Wives of Henry VIII
Henry VIII’s wives are more than just a footnote in Tudor England. These were strong, clever and powerful women whose stories have gone untold.
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7 Unsettling Facts About Plague Doctors
Canes, long black robes, and terrifying beaked masks…. plague doctors have always looked fairly creepy. But their attire actually makes a lot of sense.
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7 Victims of the Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, mass hysteria gripped Salem and its surrounding villages, resulting in hundreds of people accused of witchcraft. Over the course of a single year, hundreds of people were arrested and 20 died for their suspected crimes, becoming victims of the Salem Witch Trials. We know the name of each and every person accused in
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7 Strange Witch Trial Tests
It was rough being a woman in early modern Europe. You had no land, no rights; were a spinster by age 15 and dead by 40. And that’s assuming you weren’t put on trial for being a witch somewhere in the middle.
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