Superstitions are most powerful when given legal force. So, when James VI of Scotland — later James I of England and Ireland — believed witches had conspired against his Danish bride and worked with ...
On Halloween night, Charlene Dzielak will light candles and incense in front of an altar and invite her departed loved ones to join her in a "dumb supper," a feast eaten in silence out of reverence ...
Scotland is preparing to posthumously pardon thousands of people who were charged and executed for witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries. Between the 16th and 18th century 3,873 people were ...
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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 ...
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Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, apologized on behalf of the government for the killing and vilification of thousands of people accused of witchcraft between the 16th and 18th ...