Europe in the 17th century was also in the grip of what ... but was not technically a vampire, which he said were first described in the 1720s by officials of the Habsburg monarchy.

Archaeologists working at a site near Pień, Poland recently unearthed a fascinating relic of Eastern Europe’s vampire panic in the 17th and 18th century. In a small graveyard, they found a ...

Standing at the centre of Croatia’s vampire heritage is the case of Jure Grando, a 17th-century farmer from the inland Istrian village of Kringa. An account of Grando’s beyond-the-grave antics ...

The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave.

Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of 17th-century France, but need to destroy Father Grandier, the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from ...