Witches and Witch Trials with Marion Gibson

Marion Gibson writes accurate, engaging books about witches and magic in history. She’s been interested in witches for over thirty years, since she read the words of women accused of witchcraft in Elizabethan England. Why were they accused of crimes they didn’t commit? And why did they confess? Marion’s books tell the stories of these women and the men accused alongside them, and she explores the wider history of witch trials, folklore, magical and pagan beliefs and things that go bump in the night.
We talk about her book, Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials, some surprising moments from specific trials, how we often end up reading the witch trials through the lens of our own experience, and how we're perhaps not as far away from the paranoia of the witch trials as we might think we are.
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[@bustedkeaton]

Great discussion

[@fingal42]

Excellent! What a wonderful speaker. I like the observation that witch hunts are still taking place in various ways. and I think it's true that single people can often feel, or actually be, marginalised. Also, well done for becoming Doctor Sedgwick!

[@FabulousFolklore]

Single people are very often financially marginalised, since the benefits available to partnered people are absent for single people, not to mention a lack of appropriate housing. And thank you, I am so glad to finally get the PhD out of the way!