early modern witch trials: Media
persecution, Europe and the Americas [15th–18th centuries]
Videos
The root of Salem's problems could have been at the supper table.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Learn about the Salem witch trials and their legacy.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Images
A woman standing before judges, defending herself against accusations of being a...
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Witches brewing a potion in a cauldron; woodcut, c. 1508 (later colored), from De...
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Witches trampling a cross before the Devil, woodcut from the Compendium maleficarum...
From Compendium maleficarum, by Francesco Maria Guazzo, 1608
Title page from a 1669 edition of the Malleus maleficarum (“Hammer of Witches”),...
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High priest Og Sperle performing a Wiccan Lughnasadh ritual alone in Rio de Janeiro,...
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Robert Eggers's first full-length film, The Witch (2015), received critical...
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