‘Medieval Magic: Future Directions’ workshop
This afternoon I attended the ‘Medieval Magic: Future Directions’ workshop at UCL, which was organised by Dr Sophie Page and Prof. Catherine Rider, editors of The Routledge History of Medieval … Continue reading
Lecture on ‘Magic in English Political History’ at Birkbeck
Yesterday evening I delivered a lecture entitled ‘Magic in English Political History’ at Birkbeck, University of London, as part of the series Renaissance: Concepts and Issues, at the kind invitation … Continue reading
Review: The Emergence of the English by Susan Oosthuizen
Susan Oosthuizen, The Emergence of the English (Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2019), 148pp. Susan Oosthuizen’s short book The Emergence of the English is a thought-provoking (not to say provocative) contribution … Continue reading
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
