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Movie Review: Dangerous Beauty

Medievalists.net — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:38:20 +0000

Late 16th century Venice, where a woman can be a nun, a wife or a courtesan. For Veronica Franco, the free spirited girl scorned by because of her lack of wealth, the choice is an obvious one...

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Scottish Witchcraft: Background and Practices

Medievalists.net — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 03:01:46 +0000

Witch hunting became intensified in many parts of Europe during the Protestant Reformation, and especially so in Scotland.

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Witchcraft on the High Seas: The Voyage of King James and the North Berwick Witch Trials

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:57:43 +0000

Being a man with a strong curiosity, James was personally involved with the witch trials, which was unusual for a monarch. More than one hundred people were arrested and accused.

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Ritualized Violence against Sorcerers in Fifteenth-Century France

Medievalists.net — Sun, 10 May 2015 08:01:11 +0000

These tales of violence and sorcery reveal interesting interactions with renowned sorcerers in villages that had not yet become involved in the witch hunts that were beginning to break out in the mountains in eastern France

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BOOKS: Medieval Ireland

Medievalists.net — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:54:22 +0000

In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, here are some great books on medieval Ireland!

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Witchcraft Trials In Sweden: With Neighbours Like These, Who Needs Enemies?!

Medievalists.net — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:02:27 +0000

Everyone has “that” neighbour on their floor, or street who they’d secretly love to move to Mars and never see again. Well, the Early Modern Swedes had a way of dealing with those kinds of nasty neighbours…

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Trolls in the Middle Ages

Medievalists.net — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:03:26 +0000

Where did trolls come from? What did medieval and early modern people think of trolls? How did the concept of the modern day troll evolve?

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How Witches Looked in Medieval Art

Medievalists.net — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:30:39 +0000

I recently visited the British Museum and enjoyed their Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibit which runs until January 11th, 2015. It displays art depicting witches from the middle ages up to the late nineteenth century. This post looks at a few late medieval interpretations of witches and the artists behind these works.

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Crafting the witch: Gendering magic in medieval and early modern England

Medievalists.net — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:01:47 +0000

This project documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.

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10 Terrifying Reads for Halloween!

Medievalists.net — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:47:16 +0000

Here are some spooky medieval books for you to celebrate with over Halloween!

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