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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Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical...
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curi...
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New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...
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Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th...
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Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...
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