The storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, is seen as a defining event in the French Revolution. But how does the ...

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He claimed to serve God—but left terror in his wake. From 1644 to 1646, Matthew Hopkins unleashed England’s deadliest witch hunts.

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