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John Callow discusses the tragic case of the Bideford witches, the last women in England to be executed for the crime of witchcraft. (Image by Getty Images)

England’s last witches . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Salem witch trials Episode 9: conclusion . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Salem witch trials Episode 8: Willful, weak-minded women? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Salem witch trials Episode 7: Quarrelsome neighbours & family tensions . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Salem witch trials Episode 6: Chaos in the courtroom . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Salem witch trials Episode 5: Satanic sabbaths and supernatural sins . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr Sara Read explores women’s experience of pregnancy and childbirth in early modern England. (Image by Getty Images)

Giving birth in the 17th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the Gunpowder Plot principal conspirators, copied from a rare print published at the time (5 November 1605). (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images).

Remember remember the 5th of November: why Bonfire Night is a 400-year-old political hot potato

What is the history of bonfire night? (Photo by Dreamstime)

A very short history of bonfire night

Guy Fawkes and the men behind the gunpowder plot. Guy Fawkes, best known of the conspirators, is third from the right. (Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did the 1605 gunpowder plot fail? 9 big questions about the conspiracy to blow up parliament

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Historical recipe Spiced Hot Chocolate

Engraving showing flying fish leaping over a Spanish trade ship

Winds of change: how the discovery of trade winds powered Europe’s empires

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Dr Clare Jackson. (Photograph by Caroline Mardon)

Clare Jackson “England was seen as a pariah state, ruled by regicidal rebels who’d publicly executed their king” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from the Salem witch trials, depicted in a 19th-century lithograph. How two girls’ accusations of witchcraft escalated into one of the darkest episodes in early American history has long puzzled historians. (Image by Alamy)

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

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Salem witch trials Episode 4: The pervasive power of puritanism . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.