With copious and detailed examples, Bernard Rosenthal argues that the constructed history of the Salem witch trials mirrors the perniciousness of the trials themselves. A considerable and often ...

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One of the most famous and cruelest of the witch trials was the “Swimming test” or as it was often called in Europe, the ...

Throughout history, witch-hunting has tragically claimed many lives, and sadly, it persists in certain parts of the world ...

In the last lap toward year’s end, critics, journalists, and awards season pundits might find themselves in squabbles over ...