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Spiritualism

Cheesecloth, Spiritualism, and State Secrets: Helen Duncan’s Famous Witchcraft Trial

Helen Duncan was charged under the 1735 Witchcraft Act, but her case was no eighteenth-century sensation: she was arrested, charged, and ultimately imprisoned in 1944. Of course, in 1944, Britain was at war, fighting fascism by day on the continent and hiding in air raid shelters by night at home. Read more…

By Averill Earls, 7 months7 months ago
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Animals

Remember Rutterkin? Witch’s Familiars, Religious Reformation, and Sexy Beasts in Early Modern Europe

Toads, dogs, cats, ferrets, rats, and occasionally even butterflies were depicted in the 16th and 17th centuries as “witch’s familiars” throughout Europe. A servant of the witches, whose purpose was to help them stir up trouble and cause harm in their enemies, familiars were particularly important in English witch lore. Read more…

By Averill Earls, 9 months9 months ago
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Original Research

Employment Agencies in 18c London… and Boobs

Employment agencies and classified job ads have a much longer history than you might think. Join us for a brief history of early modern employment agencies. Stick around for a preview of how Marissa is using this fascinating history in her dissertation about wet nursing in London and Philadelphia in Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years1 year ago
Law

Coverture: Married Women and Legal Personhood in Britain

The doctrine of coverture deprived married women of legal status, merging her legal personhood with her husband’s. Today we’ll get into the complex ways that the doctrine of coverture shaped the lives of married women in the British Isles from the 11th to the 19th centuries. Listen, download, watch on Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years1 year ago
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Crime

Elizabeth Brownrigg: Child Abuse, Murder and Execution in Georgian London

Most societies are fascinated by women murderers. On September 14, 1767, a massive crowd gathered round the road to Tyburn, thronging around the hangman’s cart, throwing vegetable peels and other refuse. They shouted profanity at the occupants of the cart, one of whom was Elizabeth Brownrigg, the most controversial criminal to Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years1 year ago
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Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

The Cock Lane Ghost: A Haunting Hoax in 18th Century London

There wasn’t a soul in London, much less the neighborhood of Smithfield market, who hadn’t heard of the Cock Lane ghost. In 1762, the narrow London street was crowded with throngs of onlookers and busy-bodies who wanted to know if the rumors were true. A young girl at 20 Cock Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years1 year ago
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