The method of execution differed in different countries. For example, people in England were hanged for the crime of witchcraft but in Scotland, witchcraft was classed as heresy — a religious ...
The word witch is now associated with malevolent black magic but in medieval Britain white witches or “cunning folk” were an accepted part of village life. These pagan healers were skilled in ...
"The Witchcraft Exoneration Movement is not only a national, but an international, effort." According to the Maryland Center for History and Culture, Maryland's first witch was a woman named Mary ...