Between the end of the Middle Ages and the late 18th century, over 50,000 Europeans were persecuted, tortured and executed on charges of witchcraft. The pogrom was triggered by the book 'Malleus Maleficarum', published in 1486. Its detailed instructions for persecuting and annihilating alleged witches triggered a mass hysteria.

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...

With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a no...

Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th...

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 ...

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a...

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a ge...

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a mai...

The Marquis d’Urfé finds refuge in the home of a strange family after becoming lost in a hostile for...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegu...

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude F...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicat...