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The Bloodiest Tales of Scottish History
An old Scottish joke describes God’s creation of Scotland. ‘Scotland will have spectacular mountains, imposing glens, and stunning lochs. Plump salmon will swim through the rivers, thousands of deer will run wild through the hills and supply you with delicious venison, and the finest whiskey in the world will be distilled in Scotland. The nation …
https://historycollection.com/the-bloodiest-tales-of-scottish-history/10 Historic Events Crazier Than Movies
When watching movies, we have to willingly suspend disbelief, at least to some extent, in order to enjoy the film. However, a common criticism of many movies is that their plots are just too unrealistic and farfetched. Sometimes, though, real life offers up actual events that are just as ridiculous and seemingly farfetched as any …
https://historycollection.com/10-historic-events-crazier-than-movies/12 ‘Real’ Werewolf Cases Throughout History
Werewolves are present in legends around the world. They were men with the ability (or compulsion) to turn into wolves, either through being bitten by a (were)wolf or through a satanic pact. The term ‘werewolf’ comes from the Old English werwulf, a compound noun of wer (‘man’) and wulf (‘wolf’), but the other term, lycanthropy, …
https://historycollection.com/12-real-werewolf-cases-throughout-history/10 WTH Historical Details
Few would be surprised to learn that we live in an often bizarre and strange world. Historically speaking, however, there is relatively little new. The specific details of the bizarreness and strangeness might change over the years, but history has no shortage of weird events that would have made contemporaries go “WTF?!”, the same as …
https://historycollection.com/10-wth-historical-details/“Thou Shalt not suffer a Cat to Live”: Why Pope Gregory IX’s Vox in Rama Implicated Cats in Devil Worship.
On June 13, 1233, Pope Gregory IX instigated the first bull of his papacy: the Vox in Rama. The Bull arose in response to rumors of satanic cults in Germany by the area’s grand inquisitor, Conrad of Marburg. The Vox (or “Voice in Rama,” after the city of Ramah in ancient Judah) beseeched the archbishops …
https://historycollection.com/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/St. George and Beyond: 12 Dragon-Slayers from Around the World
Dragon legends are recorded all over the world, from the seas of Japanese folklore to the icy climes of Northern Europe. Their ubiquity in world mythology is still something of an enigma: how can they be present in the ancient legends of disparate cultures which were not in contact until the last few hundred years? …
https://historycollection.com/st-george-and-beyond-12-dragon-slayers-from-around-the-world/10 Ghosts of the Most Famous Historical Figures and Where to Find Them
Ghosts are dying out. Recent surveys reveal that only a third of American and British people still believe in them. These figures mark a steady drop from the early 20th century, when spiritualism was en vogue, and it is theorised that century’s numerous horrific events and the mandatory presence of science in school curriculums have …
https://historycollection.com/10-ghosts-of-the-most-famous-historical-figures-and-where-to-find-them/10 of the Creepiest Stories from English Folklore
Folklore is the memory of a people. Passed down orally over many centuries, even millennia, it reveals how ordinary people – often marginalized or ignored in written chronicles – interpreted the world around them. Snippets of folk belief can be seen in the written record of a certain period, but it was only in the …
https://historycollection.com/10-of-the-creepiest-stories-from-english-folklore/10 Bizarre Things One Need to Know About the Little Ice Age
Imagine ice floes on the Great Lakes in June. New York Harbor frozen over so that people could walk across it from Manhattan to Staten Island. In Europe, an Army from Sweden marching across the frozen strait of the Great Belt to attack their Danish enemies in Copenhagen. It happened during a period which is …
https://historycollection.com/10-bizarre-things-you-dont-know-about-the-little-ice-age/12 Suprising Beliefs from the Malleus Maleficarum, the Witchfinder’s Guidebook
In 1484, the Dominican monk and Inquisitor, Heinrich Kramer, was expelled from the city of Innsbruck after failing to prosecute Helena Scheuberin for using witchcraft to kill a nobleman with criminal charges against his own sinful deeds. Undaunted, the furious Kramer got to work on his masterpiece, the Malleus Maleficarum (‘hammer of witches’), a treatise …
https://historycollection.com/12-shocking-beliefs-from-the-malleus-maleficarum-the-witchfinders-guidebook/