22 Feb 2023 Strixology: Recording Diabolical Practices Of Renaissance European Witch Hunts By Alessandra Filiaci History & Tradition 2 Foemina Instrumentum Diaboli can be translated as ‘Women are instruments of the devil’, which sums up the essence of Renaissance witch hunts in Europe. The word ‘witch’ evokes the figure of an elderly woman, dressed in rags, with a... Read More
01 May 2019 The Fate of English Witches: From Water Torture to Divine Retribution By Charles Christian History & Tradition 0 During the Early Modern period of European history – from the Renaissance (1500) to the French Revolution (1800), hundreds of thousands of witches suffered the terrible fate of being burned at the stake for their beliefs during the so-called... Read More