Between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, most European nations feared witchcraft and put people to death for allegedly practising it, on a scale not seen before and never repeated since. Why did these persecutions occur? Why did they come to an end? And could...
Image: Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece). Workshop of Robert Campin Netherlandish ca. 1427–32 The figure of Mary’s husband Joseph is familiar from Christmas cards, carols, cribs and nativity plays, yet in the Bible he never speaks a word. It took many...
