The idea of organized satanic witchcraft was invented in 15th-century Europe by church and state authorities, who at first had a hard time convincing regular folks it was real.

Medieval lingerie discovery pushes invention of the bra back by 500 years A team of Austrian archaeologists has discovered four bras from the 1400s.

This film explores European life from 1200 to 1500, highlighting the significance of art in documenting this era. It discusses the three main institutions of medieval Europe: the Church, the ...

S weden’s Teenage Engineering calls its beautifully crafted EP–1320 medieval “the world’s first medieval electronic instrument.” The device features hundreds of sounds and samples from ...

Though the authenticity of the Should of Turin is still hotly debated, with some historians casting it aside as a medieval invention, thus, the use of cloth to recreate an image of Jesus Christ ...

The iconic image of a witch on a broomstick has apocryphal origins. But whether they could actually fly didn’t stop Christian society from persecuting them.

How Table Manners as We Know Them Were a Renaissance Invention Forks, knives, and napkins: These items may be part of a proper meal today, but well-bred medieval Europeans had no use for them ...

Can witches fly? A historian unpacks the medieval invention − and skepticism − of the witch on a broomstick Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State University March 5, 2024 at 8:59 AM·4 min read ...

In my work as a scholar of medieval European history, I have researched texts describing witchcraft in the early 1400s. Some texts fully accepted the idea that witches flew, often on brooms or staffs.