To put the Pendle Witch Trails into context, imagine it’s 1612. Witch trials are sweeping through Europe. The shadow of the bloody crusades, finished nearly 200 years ago, still cast their shadow over a continent. Europe is in an era when the power of Rome is being challenged by the Reformation. Christianity has split into Roman Catholic and Protestant. Religious […]
The Pendle Witch Trials
Witch walk for charity
Four hundred years ago, Pendle in the UK saw ten twelve people put on trial for witchcraft and the murder of ten people. Ten of the ”witches”were hanged in public (another died in prison) and one was acquited. Organisers of a charity walk are hoping to see modern day witches flood the area this August – the anniversary of the […]