Elizabeth Rookwood in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is today releasing 25 new lives of early modern women, including my biography of Elizabeth Rookwood (1684-1759), who was a key figure in the … Continue reading
Contract signed: Monasticism in Suffolk
I have just signed a contract with Lasse Press for a book entitled Monasticism in Suffolk, due to be published in March 2020, which will be a complete history of … Continue reading
Article in Paranormal Review: ‘Anglican Exorcism: How The Church of England Returned to Casting Out Devils’
My article ‘Anglican Exorcism: How The Church of England Returned to Casting Out Devils’ has been published in the Autumn 2018 edition of Paranormal Review, the magazine of the Society … Continue reading
Article in Religions: ‘The Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Democratisation of Magic in Post-Reformation England’
My article ‘The Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Democratisation of Magic in Post-Reformation England’ has just appeared in the journal Religions, in a special issue devoted to ‘Witchcraft, Demonology … Continue reading
Review: The Routledge History of Medieval Magic
Sophie Page and Catherine Rider (eds), The Routledge History of Medieval Magic (London: Routledge, 2019), ISBN 9781472447302, £175.00 This interdisciplinary collection of essays on medieval magic is surely destined to … Continue reading
Publication of Bogie Tales of East Anglia by M. H. James
My edition of the earliest book devoted to East Anglian folklore, Bogie Tales of East Anglia (1891) by Margaret Helen James, has just been published. Bogie Tales is an important … Continue reading
A manuscript reunion at Cambridge University Library
Today I had the pleasure of witnessing a lost manuscript from Cambridge University Library‘s Hengrave Manuscripts reunited with the collection after nearly 70 years. A beautifully written and bound manuscript … Continue reading
