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Witches didn't exist, and yet thousands of people were executed for the crime of witchcraft. Why? The belief in magic and witchcraft has existed in every recorded human culture; this podcast...
The first half of Episode 2 - Hostile Takeover. Listen to the full episode here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML6837257429?selected=AR...
Witch Hunt Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rn38z/episodes/downloads Time Travels: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b094d4hl/epi...
Ben Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia and Sam Hume of the History of Witchcraft sat down for a chat about witch panics, memes, authority, a...
Prof. Oldridge joins me to talk about witchcraft and religion in early Stuart England, The recommended books, available from all good retail...
This is just a short catch up episode to share what I experienced at Sound Education 2019. I met so many great podcasters, many that I've li...
In a special episode BT Newberg and I talk about the highs and lows of making a history podcast. What made us want to start a podcast? Why d...
A short introduction and clip from the first episode of Pax Britannica. Follow the links below to find my new show your favourite way! Show...
If anyone has heard of a particular witch trial, they will have heard of Salem. It's an infamous part of early American history, and everywh...
I'm delighted to speak with Valerie Kivelson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Professor Kivelson gradu...
Today we cover the development of Halloween - its development from a Celtic harvest festival, which may or may not have involved the ritual...
In this episode we cover the early history of English colonisation in the Americas, and the growth and expansion of New England in particula...
For a full bibliography, please see the website: https://thehistoryofwitchcraft.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyofwitchcraf...
The transformation of Roman Britain with the arrival of the Germanic pagans led to its own odd synthesis of superstitions and rituals. The C...
This episode primarily makes use of the following texts: - Dickie, M. W., Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World (2003) - Ogden, D., M...
The Witchfinder General faces humiliation on multiple fronts. His critics are uniting, his prosecutions are falling, and the ruinous cost of...
This week's episode continues the trials of East Anglia, as we see the result of the Witchfinder General's efforts in the summer assizes of...
This episode primarily makes use of the following texts: - Gaskill, Malcolm, Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century English Tragedy, (2005) - L...
In today's episode, the infamous Witch-Finder General begins his campaign through south-eastern England, as we discuss the opening accusatio...
The Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, did not exist in a vacuum. How could this man, who had no formal authority, tour South-East Englan...
Today's episode covers the escalating conflict between Charles I and Parliament, as harsh words led to outright war. We also look at the sim...
This week, we have a shorter episode while I brush up on my Civil War knowledge. Doctor John Lambe was the personal magician of the Duke of...
In today's episode we see the tide turn on the English witch trials. By the end of his reign, James is unwilling to entertain the more ludic...
At the great Council of Nikaea, an issue that threatened to split an empire apart was finally settled. Yet, when one of the Emperor's own so...
Today we look at the political intentions behind the pamphlet, the Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster, and how it was...
Was James VI and I truly the witch-hunting, demon-studying zealot that he has traditionally been seen as? Today we take a look at the court...
In today's episode, we return to the narrative of early modern Britain, and finally combine the episodes on England and Scotland in the form...
In today's episode, we cover the works of William Shakespeare, one of the greatest literary figures in English history. Specifically, we loo...
Drama is perhaps one of the most recognisable products of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. This week, we look at two of the more famous pl...
This week, we hear about the witch beliefs commonly held by your common or garden peasant in Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The prior...
With the reign of England's first recognised Queen, Elizabeth I, we find a kingdom riven by sectarian violence and uncertainty. Today's epis...
Henry VIII was a superstitious sort of bloke, one who was in his element spending his free time charging at another bloke who was also charg...
The Roman Empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Levant for centuries, and today's episode covers a few of the magical beliefs the...
Today we cover the development of Halloween - its development from a Celtic harvest festival, which may or may not have involved the ritual...
The founders of Western Civilisation, the Classical Greeks were strong believers in the existence and capabilities of the supernatural. Thei...
The Persian Empires of antiquity were vast and powerful, and many of their subjects were devout Zoroastrians - a monotheistic religion that...
Magic and religion was inseparable in the first human civilisations of the Fertile Crescent and the Nile. The Gods were active in the world,...
Today's episode is on how the news of the ruthless prosecution of the Templars in France was received by three distinct rulers - Edward II o...
The Iron King, Philip the Fourth, is well deserving of the title. As we see this episode, he let nothing get in the way of his ambitions. It...
The Knights Templar, or the Poor-Fellow Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, are a fascinating example of how too much success c...
John Calvin's role in the history of Geneva is hotly debated to this day, and the city gained a reputation for cruel and excessive witchtria...
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The bloodsoaked early years of James VI's reign Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Many of the witch hunters at the head of the worst trials were convinced of the existence of the Witches' Sabbat, a blasphemous gathering of...
The deadliest trials of the Early Modern Period were also the ones with the greatest number of young victims. Children as young as seven are...
In this episode, we examine two of the more brutal and violent witch panics in all of European history; Fulda between 1602 and 1606, and Bam...
Here we begin with the events themselves. Today we look at a case of slander in Rothenburg ob de Tauber, which ended relatively peacefully a...
The witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries are, by far, the reason for many of the stereotypes of witchcraft. The belief in witch cults...
The Malleus Maleficarum, the 'Hammer of the Witches', was the lifes work of Papal Inquisitor Henricus Institoris, who held a particular hatr...