Stories
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Witches
Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
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Diagnosing the past
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
Catalogue
- Books
The geography of witchcraft / [Montague Summers].
Summers, Montague, 1880-1948.Date: 1927- Books
The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft : theology and popular belief / Hans Peter Broedel.
Broedel, Hans Peter.Date: 2003- Books
Spellbound : magic, ritual and witchcraft / Sophie Page, Marina Wallace, Owen Davies, Malcolm Gaskill, Ceri Houlbrook.
Page, Sophie, 1972-Date: 2018- Books
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The discoverie of witchcraft ... Being a reprint of the first edition published in 1584 / by Reginald Scot ; Edited with explanatory notes, glossary and introduction by Brinsley Nicholson.
Scot Reginald, 1538?-1599.Date: 1886- Archives and manuscripts
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Names of the witches (in Scotland) 1658
Date: 1658 - c.1910Reference: MS.3658