Glad to see this out! It's a mighty tome, relevant to archaeologists, folklorists, #hextag peeps and more. And an impressive effort even if the functionalist argument doesn't always hold (I think, anyway).
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Nuevo articulo/New article!
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New Article/Articulo nuevo:
“The Precious Gifts of Faith, Repentance, and
the Feare of God”: Court Confessions and
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We're back briefly to share this with everyone! We hope you enjoy.
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Just boosting @webstermedieval.bsky.social 's #medievalsky #earlymodern post on 🎃👻🕸️ Halloween.
If you're interested in witchy #hextag stuff, then our article and the blog posts by our @witchmapproject.bsky.social interns are an excellent starting point. 😊
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Great to have a piece in The Conversation about the @witchmapproject.bsky.social I was part of with @janmachielsen.bsky.social and our brilliant student interns Abi and Gabriel. #hextag #earlymodern #skystorians
theconversation.com/witch-memori...
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Really enjoyed co-teaching this 👇 #hextag courselast year. Do check it out, and get in touch if you have any questions. 😊
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Gerald Gardner (1884-1964) provided the central inspiration for Wicca, as a modern, revived, form of Pagan witchcraft. As such, his cultural and religious significance has grown exponentially over the 60 years since his death. 'A Rough Magic' re-evaluates the sources of Gardner's inspiration, redefines his early life within the context of colonial Malaya and the opium trade, and emphasises his vision and ability in fashioning an entirely new synthesis of magical beliefs drawn from both Eastern and Western traditions. In so doing, he stripped away the demonic elements of witchcraft and emphasised Wicca as a creative, mutable and undogmatic nature religion, serving as both fertility cult and a unique source of personal empowerment, that was capable of transforming the world.
The newest volume in the Cambridge Elements in Magic is John Callow’s ‘Gerald Gardner and the Creation of Wicca’.
The PDF is free to download and read for 2 weeks!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
🗃️ #HexTag #Wicca #Witches #Gardner
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For all Danes interested in our own witch-hunting history, I can suggest tuning in to DR2 on Monday 📺 (or Sunday for streaming)
Here, I - and other lovely people such as @witchykallestrup.bsky.social - feature in DRs new four episode documentary “Heksejagt”.
#Skystorians #hextag 🗃️
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someone needs to stop me @drlaurakounine.bsky.social ??? i just wrote this in a draft
“from Circe to Sabrina, via Sycorax”
#HexTag
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Image of the call for papers, a black background decorated with orange pumpkins and white text that reads: The Spooky History Conference 2025 Call for Papers We Invite abstracts for 15-minute papers on any aspect of history (broadly defined that) is spooky! Suggested topics include but are not limited to: Ghosts The Supernatural Witches Death Gothic Literature The History of Halloween We strongly encourage submissions from PGRs, ECRs and independent researchers. We invite abstracts from individuals (200 words) as well as from panels of 3-4 speakers (600 words). Please submit your abstracts, along with a short biography to spookyhistory23@gmail.com by Friday 3rd October 2025 The Conference will be held online via Zoom on Friday 31st October 2025.
Our Call for Papers is open!
If you are working on anything spooky get in touch!
This is a fun, informal conference for anyone studying anything “spooky” in history or a related field and the perfect way to spend Halloween 🎃
🗃️ #skystorians #academicsky #HexTag
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I had a brilliant set of UG dissertation students last year.
One wrote an excellent blog on counterfactual history and the North Berwick witch-hunt: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
Have a read! I think counterfactual history is a tool that #earlymodern #hextag peeps should use more often. 😊
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Image of the call for papers, a black background decorated with orange pumpkins and white text that reads: The Spooky History Conference 2025 Call for Papers We Invite abstracts for 15-minute papers on any aspect of history (broadly defined that) is spooky! Suggested topics include but are not limited to: Ghosts The Supernatural Witches Death Gothic Literature The History of Halloween We strongly encourage submissions from PGRs, ECRs and independent researchers. We invite abstracts from individuals (200 words) as well as from panels of 3-4 speakers (600 words). Please submit your abstracts, along with a short biography to spookyhistory23@gmail.com by Friday 3rd October 2025 The Conference will be held online via Zoom on Friday 31st October 2025.
🗃️Spooky season is coming and we’re excited to open our call for papers for this year’s Spooky History Conference! 👻
This is a fun, informal conference for anyone studying anything “spooky” in history or a related field and the perfect way to spend Halloween! 🎃
#skystorians #academicsky #HexTag
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thanks to @drjamesbrown.bsky.social i can confirm that the original pamphlet context for this image is pretty clear that the figure on the left is a witch and that on the right, the devil, rather than a Black witch #HexTag
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shot in the dark: im interested in this 1720 woodcut held by Wellcome. do any #witchcraft #HexTag people know anything (???) about it?
id also take suggestions for who i could contact at the Wellcome to ask for more details eg provenance (not listed) wellcomecollection.org/works/h4r27epm
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ok ok i know youve all been waiting with bated breath.
a few choice images from the Anna Göldi museum in Glarus, which pitches her as the “last witch executed in Europe”
#hextag #witchcraft 🗃️
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Check out the second blog from the brilliant @witchmapproject.bsky.social student interns. Really interesting to see some of the conclusions of their research! #hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky #folklorefriday
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Sources:
salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/pr...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/site...
#earlymodern #medievalsky #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #salem #hextag
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Fantastic to see the blog post from the @witchmapproject.bsky.social team on the Cardiff Supernatural blogspot this morning: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
#medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag @janmachielsen.bsky.social @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social
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Sources: vocal.media/history/kath...
historyheroines.com/2018/04/04/k...
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/11/reme....
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
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Sources: hagothehills.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/g...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/griss...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
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Sources: www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/...
www.reuters.com/article/life...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
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Sources: magicbohemia.com/the-witches-...
sumpersky.denik.cz/ctenar-repor...
regiony.rozhlas.cz/carodejnicke...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
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Sources: agricolaverkko.fi/keskustelu/v...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
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Sources:
hiddenscotland.com/listings/the...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-w...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
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The first Memorial of the Day from the @witchmapproject.bsky.social team. #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag #history #folklore @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Check out the map of witchcraft memorials round the world that the students on @witchmapproject.bsky.social have put together. Do get in touch with the team (further info in the thread below), if you've further examples to share. #earlymodern #hextag #medievalsky #history @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Sources: www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/stories/e...
nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/...
www.archdaily.com/213222/steil...
#history #witchtrials #salemwitchtrials #memorial #witchhunt #witchcraft #medievalsky #earlymodern #hextag
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