Writing in the 16th century, the Spanish court physician Andrés ... and mandrake" from the home of a couple accused of witchcraft. So why do the brooms fit into this? Because to achieve their ...

At that time, too, brooms are depicted more and more often ... Though the image of the broomstick stuck, early depictions in 15th- and 16th-century Europe show witches flying on a wide range ...

But who invented the broom? And why does it work the way it works? Before the 19 th century, broom-making was an idiosyncratic art; most were fashioned at home from whatever materials were at hand.

Almost 240 years after Europe’s last execution on charges of witchcraft, an exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, seeks to shed light on 16th- through 18th-century ...

Another 16th century physician, Giovanni Della Porta ... stick or a tool they already had around the house—the broom. The hallucinogens in the brews, it turns out, can be absorbed through ...