What do a tumultuous campus breakup and a 17th-century witch trial have in common? More than you might think. Published by Central Michigan University Press, Making History and Witch Hunt 1649 are two ...

The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic—and 20 were executed. In 1711, ...

King James VI and I came to the English throne at a turbulent time. His mother (Mary, Queen of Scots) had just been beheaded by the woman whose throne he inherited (Elizabeth I). Britain was teetering ...

ANNAPOLIS — Rebecca Fowler was an indentured servant here in the late 1600s, working the land for years until she and her husband were finally lucky enough to own a plot of land.