Between 1563 and 1736, thousands of individuals were executed under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. Designed to enforce godliness in the newly Protestant country, the law condemned anyone who appeared to ...

Over time, Scottish people became shocked by high profile witch hunts that had led to large numbers of deaths. In particular, the ‘Great Scottish Witch Hunt’ of 1661-2 had seen at least 660 ...

Maryland is the most recent state to introduce legislation to exonerate those convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. But why ...

Tartan is more than patterned cloth in Scotland. Specific tartans were linked to clans and regions, and the designs carry symbolic meaning. Modern tartans are registered for organisations ...

On September 1, a parliamentary committee agreed to pass the issue on to the Scottish government. The bill is likely to be passed around June, 2022. Witch-hunts were not unique to Scotland.

Modern tartans are registered for organisations, individuals, and commemorative purposes in the official Scottish Register of ...

A new tartan has been registered memorialising the people in Scotland who were persecuted for witchcraft. The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women ...

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act Sarah Kuta On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences ...

Between 1563 and 1736, thousands of individuals were executed under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. Designed to enforce godliness in the newly Protestant country, the law condemned anyone who ...

Connecticut followed with its witch exonerations in 2023. Perhaps most notably, Scotland apologized for its witchcraft trials that led to the torture and execution of thousands of women from the ...