In the late 1980s, local activists were scrambling to protect Sutton House, a 500-year-old Tudor manor house in Hackney, East London. Amid the restoration efforts, workers salvaged hundreds of pieces ...

During the 17th-century Finnmark witch trials, 91 people were executed in Norway's northernmost region, mainly by burning at the stake ...

Although cocaine use became widespread in the 19th century once it was synthesized into cocaine hydrochloride salts, Europeans knew of the coca plant’s stimulating effects since the early 15th century ...

Calling all witches and warlocks … or library enthusiasts. Chicago’s Newberry Library is crowdsourcing translations for three 17th-century manuscripts of spells, charms and magic. Handwritten in ...

We’ve all heard the phrase, “You learn something new every day.” No truer words were ever spoken in the world of antiques and art collectors, a fact borne out a few months ago, when I came upon a most ...

Auctioneers on a routine house inspection have uncovered a treasure trove of valuable antique items hailing from the 17th century. The house was so filled with period furniture that the staff from ...

It's snarky, constrained and incomprehensibly social! So, like, basically, Twitter for the 1670s. This month, 323 years ago, an English biographer scribbled notes to another scholar -- or rather, he ...