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Category: Witchcraft

Posted on:October 31, 2021February 14, 2022Witchcraft

The Malleus Maleficarum: The Hammer of Witches

The Early Modern witch hunts that so characterise our modern knowledge of Europe and the American Colonies, particularly in the 17th century, have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Infamous trials like that at Salem continue to lure our attention today, and our obsession with witchcraft and magic still permeates our literature, films, and television […]

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Posted on:April 3, 2019March 6, 2021Historical Figures Miscellaneous Royal People Witchcraft Women's History

Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville

As the author of Just History Posts, I have very exciting news to share with you all: I have written a book! It will be released on 1st October 2019 by the History Press, but it is available now for pre-order! *update – out now!* The book is called Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to […]

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Posted on:May 27, 2017February 15, 2022Witchcraft Women's History

The Pendle Witches: ‘The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster’

The study of ideas of magic and witchcraft in the medieval and early modern period has always been of some general interest to me, with popular cases such as at Salem being in the general historical knowledge of most people. Since my Masters dissertation topic focused on witchcraft in the English royalty (Queen Joan of […]

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Posted on:April 20, 2017February 15, 2022Royal People Witchcraft Women's History

Royal People: Queen Joan of Navarre’s Confinement as a Witch

As my blog has been up and running for just over 6 months now, I thought I would return to the topic of my Masters dissertation: Fifteenth-century English royal witches. My first post here was about Eleanor Cobham, the aunt-by-marriage of Henry VI who in 1441 was scandalously tried for using witchcraft, with her accomplices […]

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Posted on:October 2, 2016February 15, 2022Royal People Witchcraft Women's History

Royal People: Eleanor Cobham, Royal Witch?

I thought it only fitting to write my first post about one of the women my recent Masters dissertation focused upon. Eleanor Cobham was a woman who lived in England during the fifteenth century. In 1428, she married Humphrey, the Duke of Gloucester, who was one of Henry V’s brothers, and uncle to the current […]

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