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Witches at Night: Creative Responses to Early Modern Witch Trials

September 16, 2019by ewhipday Leave a comment

In the 1613 pamphlet Witches Apprehended, Examined and Executed, a servant gossips about a local woman he believes to be a witch. As he speaks, he is struck by a […]

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Nordic Noir: Creating Denmark’s First Museum of Witchcraft

May 14, 2019by luluannehansen Leave a comment

In December 2018 a small group from the Museum of Southwest Jutland in Denmark, consisting of Lulu Anne Hansen (Head of Historical Research), Mette Slyngborg (Curator), Louise Lindgaard (Research Assistant), […]

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Apotropaia, Early Modern, Emotions, Exhibitions, Field Trips, Guest Posts, Magic, Material Culture, Project Updates, Witchcraft

The Witch of Loddon and Changing Perceptions of Witchcraft in Victorian England

April 17, 2019by Francis Young Leave a comment

There are many stories of witchcraft in rural England from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but it is rare to find accounts of self-professed witches who actually attempted to make […]

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Animals, Early Modern, Guest Posts, Historiography, Magic, Modern, Publications, Witchcraft

Book Review: The Familiars by Stacey Halls

April 9, 2019by Victoria Carr Leave a comment

The 1612 Pendle witch trials in Lancashire began when the peddler, John Law, refused to sell his pins to Alizon Device. Following the encounter, Law was stricken with a sickness […]

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Animals, Early Modern, Guest Posts, Magic, Publications, Reviews, Witchcraft

The Routledge History of Medieval Magic: Reflections on a Big Editing Project

March 18, 2019by catherinerider Leave a comment

This post was first published on the blog of the Exeter Centre for Medieval Studies. I’m very pleased to announce that the Routledge History of Medieval Magic, edited by Sophie Page (UCL) […]

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Apotropaia, Cosmology, Guest Posts, Historiography, Love, Magic, Material Culture, Medieval, Publications, Religion, Witchcraft

Dog Days: Making The Black Shuck

February 28, 2019by joshtrett Leave a comment

A ferocious hound, an omen of death, a guardian to lonely women, the size of a horse, the size of a calf, two glowing red eyes, one red eye. The […]

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Animals, Early Modern, Emotions, Film, Ghosts, Guest Posts, Modern

Image Magic: Drawing the History of Sorcery, Ritual, and Witchcraft

October 15, 2018by hannahkatecomics 2 Comments

In October last year I was sent an email accompanied by a zip folder full of images; these included a witch and her familiars, a woman suffering from convulsions, an […]

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Animals, Apotropaia, Early Modern, Emotions, Events, Exhibitions, Guest Posts, Love, Magic, Material Culture, Medieval, Modern, Project Updates, Publications, Witchcraft

Finn-Kirsten Iversdatter: Norway’s Forgotten Witch

October 2, 2018by ellenalm Leave a comment

When thinking of witch trials in Norwegian history, the case of Lisbeth Pedersdatter Nypan and her husband Ole often springs to mind. The case was brought to international attention with […]

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Early Modern, Emotions, Guest Posts, Historiography, Witchcraft

Spheres of Influence: The Magical History of the Witch Ball

June 11, 2018by peterdhewitt Leave a comment

Witch balls are globes of glass, with a hole in the top, often suspended in doorways or windows. They were made in most glass factories across Europe as glassblowers’ ‘whimsies’ […]

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Apotropaia, Early Modern, Guest Posts, Magic, Material Culture, Modern, Witchcraft

Coral: The Enduring Magic of the Medusa’s Blood

May 21, 2018by geoffreymunn Leave a comment

Coral is a complex marine organism and has a calciferous skeleton. It is sometimes blood red and is vascular in its form. Therefore in Greek legend it was said to […]

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