Crime and punishment

A scene from the Salem witch trials, depicted in a 19th-century lithograph

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

Premium

Salem Web large

Salem witch trials Episode 4: The pervasive power of puritanism . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Salem Web large

Salem witch trials Episode 3: A ‘new Jerusalem’ on the edge of a wilderness . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Salem Web large

Salem witch trials Episode 2: How events spiralled out of control . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Premium

Salem Web large

Salem witch trials Episode 1: introduction . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jodie Comer plays Marguerite de Carrouges in the upcoming film 'The Last Duel',

The medieval women who spoke out against sexual violence

Women protest in London following the death of Sarah Everard, 2021

Walking a dangerous road: women’s safety on the streets

Scene at Tyburn, Paddington, London, 1696; showing crowds gathered to watch a hanging. The triple gibbet and cart used for hanging can be seen in the centre, while in the background to the left a drawing and quartering is being undertaken. The image erroneously shows London Bridge, the River Thames and the City to be immediately opposite Tyburn. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

General Early Modern

The Bloody Code: your guide to the severe legal system

Domitian-2-7abafc4

The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor

Sawney-updated-3-22063cc

Q&A Did the Scottish mass-murdering cannibal Sawney Bean actually exist?

Prince Charles with his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten at Windsor

Why was Lord Mountbatten, Prince Charles’s great-uncle, assassinated?

Chris Williams responds to your questions on law enforcement in Britain over the past 300 years. (Image by Getty Images)

British police history: everything you wanted to know

Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster

What was the Chernobyl Disaster?

A 1628 engraving of the Spanish siege of the Dutch city of Breda

Was James VI and I murdered?

Kate Morgan chronicles the legal history of murder, discussing the cases that shaped UK murder laws. (Image by Getty Images)

Murder: a legal history