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.

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigat...

This documentary takes an in-depth look at the witch hunts that swept Europe just a few hundred year...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta...

The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Cather...

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...

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

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental r...

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

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...

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...

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

In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a ferocious witch hunt, where thousands were tort...

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version f...

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...

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

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...