A Discovery of Witches

The “witch craze”— spanning roughly the mid-15th to the mid-17th centuries, from colonial North and South America, to Iceland, through western and central Europe, to the gates of Moscow -- claimed the lives of over 50,000 people (overwhelmingly women). The witch trials of this period are marked by their historical, cultural, and religious complexity. Join Dr. Justin Sledge to explore what precipitated this violence, what a witch trial looked like, how “witch hunters” operated, and more.