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.
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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.
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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.
Catalogue
- Books
Witchcraft and magic in Europe : the period of the witch trials / Bengt Anakarloo, Stuart Clark, William Monter.
Ankarloo, Bengt, 1935-Date: 2002- Books
- Online
Scottish witchcraft trials / [J.W. Brodie-Innes].
Brodie-Innes, J. W. (John William), 1848-1923.Date: 1890- Books
Cultures of witchcraft in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present : essays in honour of Willem de Blécourt / edited by Jonathan Barry, Owen Davies, Cornelie Usborne, editors.
Date: [2018]- Books
A storm of witchcraft : the Salem trials and the American experience / Emerson W. Baker.
Baker, Emerson W.Date: [2015]- Books
Science and justice : the Massachusetts witchcraft trials / Sanford J. Fox.
Fox, Sanford J.Date: [1968]