Witches

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History Weekends 2018: 5 minutes with Suzannah Lipscomb

An illustration of a group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James VI and I, the most notorious royal witch-hunter of all time, c1610. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A brief history of witches by Suzannah Lipscomb

An illustration of a group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James VI and I, c1610. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Shakespeare’s Macbeth and King James’s witch hunts

In this painting from c1650, a witch wields a broomstick as demons and 'familiars' (helpers of witches) congregate before her. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

History quiz – witchcraft and superstition

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11 shocking moments in history

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The astronomer and the witch: Johannes Kepler’s fight to save his mother from execution

The gatehouse of Lancaster Castle

History explorer: the Pendle witches

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Witches through history – in pictures

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Video: Tracy Borman on the Witches of Belvoir

This 16th-century woodcut depicts King James VI at the North Berwick witch trials, the case that first sparked his obsession with hunting. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

James VI and I: the king who hunted witches

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Woodcut Of A English Witch Hanging

Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials

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America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem