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.
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A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Gene...
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Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Ci...
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...
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Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaul...
On a small green island out in the sea, they live in harmony - until a stranger comes. Like a hurric...
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...
The dramatized story of a young high school teacher who is falsely accused of communist sympathies i...
This shocking documentary reveals the plight of young Nigerians branded as witches.
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A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a mai...