The Witch by Ronald Hutton – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Witch was first published in 2017 and delves deeply into the context, beliefs, and origins of witchcraft in Europe’s history. In his book,…
Witchcraft
Staff Pick: Magic and Witchcraft
October is the month of Halloween so our theme for this month’s Staff Pick is Magic and Witchcraft. Read on for Yale University Press…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Witchcraft
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History of…
Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
Throughout British history, the power of witchcraft, curses and black magic has endured. Whether in the 1800s or the early 2000s, when disasters struck…
Five Characteristics of a Witch – An Extract by Ronald Hutton
Witches can be defined, quite legitimately, in a number of different ways in the present world. What follows is concerned only with the most…
‘Making Sense of Demonic Possession’. Author Article by Brian Levack
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to…