Oh!! #earlymodern #hextag
Pleased to share the publication of my challenge to claims that Reformation Genevan authorities were skeptical of witchcraft! #hextag #earlymodern #16thC Check out:
"Aggressive Prosecution of Witches in Reformation Geneva," Sixteenth Century Journal 57, 3 (2026): 639-655
"Aggressive Prosecution of Witches in Reformation Geneva," Sixteenth Century Journal 57, 3 (2026): 639-655
September 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Oh!! #earlymodern #hextag
October 30, 2023 at 9:27 PM
Dutchies! I recently discovered this excellent (Dutch) #hextag podcast on the last witches of Schiedam whose trial brought the #earlymodern witch-hunt to an earlier end in the Dutch Republic. Definitely worth a listen!
stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl/podcast/podc...
stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl/podcast/podc...
Heksen in Schiedam - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl
September 22, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Dutchies! I recently discovered this excellent (Dutch) #hextag podcast on the last witches of Schiedam whose trial brought the #earlymodern witch-hunt to an earlier end in the Dutch Republic. Definitely worth a listen!
stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl/podcast/podc...
stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl/podcast/podc...
March 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Many thanks to Laura Kounine for this early Christmas present, the first and positive review of the Basque Witch-Hunt in the TLS!
#earlymodern #hextag
#earlymodern #hextag
December 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Many thanks to Laura Kounine for this early Christmas present, the first and positive review of the Basque Witch-Hunt in the TLS!
#earlymodern #hextag
#earlymodern #hextag
Got quite the birthday surprise last night. A five star review from Ronald Hutton (!!) of my Basque #hextag book.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
January 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Got quite the birthday surprise last night. A five star review from Ronald Hutton (!!) of my Basque #hextag book.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
🚨 New Podcast Alert! 🚨
Robin Briggs, Alison Rowlands and I join broadcaster Jon Briggs (yes, a relation!) for a series of wide ranging discussions of #earlymodern witchcraft. Between the three of us, we've spent some ninety years researching the history of witches and demons.
#SkyStorians #hextag
Robin Briggs, Alison Rowlands and I join broadcaster Jon Briggs (yes, a relation!) for a series of wide ranging discussions of #earlymodern witchcraft. Between the three of us, we've spent some ninety years researching the history of witches and demons.
#SkyStorians #hextag
July 20, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Great to have a piece in The Conversation about the @witchmapproject.bsky.social I was part of with @janmachielsen.bsky.social and our brilliant student interns Abi and Gabriel. #hextag #earlymodern #skystorians
theconversation.com/witch-memori...
theconversation.com/witch-memori...
Witch memorials are quietly spreading across Europe
As long as we live in a world where people are persecuted for perceived differences, memorialising accused witches will reveal the deadly consequences of ‘othering’.
theconversation.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
At Cardiff University's third annual Supernatural Event. Our excellent guest speaker Ceri Houlbrook is kicking us off with a lecture on witch bottles!
#earlymodern #hextag #folklore
#earlymodern #hextag #folklore
June 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM
At Cardiff University's third annual Supernatural Event. Our excellent guest speaker Ceri Houlbrook is kicking us off with a lecture on witch bottles!
#earlymodern #hextag #folklore
#earlymodern #hextag #folklore
Flagging this to Hextag 👀👀
No exaggeration, this table cost me 10 years of my life.
Social class of 'witches', 'bewitched' and 'unwitchers' in France, based on occupational information in news reports/criminal justice about prosecutions involving witchcraft suspicions, trans->HISCLASS.
Now the fun starts! Interpretation...🗃️
Social class of 'witches', 'bewitched' and 'unwitchers' in France, based on occupational information in news reports/criminal justice about prosecutions involving witchcraft suspicions, trans->HISCLASS.
Now the fun starts! Interpretation...🗃️
September 20, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Flagging this to Hextag 👀👀
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Pleased to share the publication of my challenge to claims that Reformation Genevan authorities were skeptical of witchcraft! #hextag #earlymodern #16thC Check out:
"Aggressive Prosecution of Witches in Reformation Geneva," Sixteenth Century Journal 57, 3 (2026): 639-655
"Aggressive Prosecution of Witches in Reformation Geneva," Sixteenth Century Journal 57, 3 (2026): 639-655
September 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Pleased to share the publication of my challenge to claims that Reformation Genevan authorities were skeptical of witchcraft! #hextag #earlymodern #16thC Check out:
"Aggressive Prosecution of Witches in Reformation Geneva," Sixteenth Century Journal 57, 3 (2026): 639-655
"Aggressive Prosecution of Witches in Reformation Geneva," Sixteenth Century Journal 57, 3 (2026): 639-655
Really good to see this #earlymodern #hextag 😈 volume out in the world and proud to have contributed to it!
Many congratulations to the editors @mikkibrock.bsky.social @devilprof.bsky.social and David Winters!
Many congratulations to the editors @mikkibrock.bsky.social @devilprof.bsky.social and David Winters!
June 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Really good to see this #earlymodern #hextag 😈 volume out in the world and proud to have contributed to it!
Many congratulations to the editors @mikkibrock.bsky.social @devilprof.bsky.social and David Winters!
Many congratulations to the editors @mikkibrock.bsky.social @devilprof.bsky.social and David Winters!
Who knew there was a witch panic in Geneva in 1571? These incredibly rich and revealing witch trials have been hidden from view and deserve further research. #skystorians #earlymodern #hextag #16thC
Check out www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/MFNVU...
Check out www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/MFNVU...
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
September 2, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Who knew there was a witch panic in Geneva in 1571? These incredibly rich and revealing witch trials have been hidden from view and deserve further research. #skystorians #earlymodern #hextag #16thC
Check out www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/MFNVU...
Check out www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/MFNVU...
Come do a PhD with Andreas Stynen and me! On witchcraft heritage and historical culture in the Low Countries since 1800 (excellent knowledge of Dutch is essential)
#hextag
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
#hextag
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD vacancy: remembering of the persecutions of witches in the Low Countries since 1800 - heritage and historical culture
Remembering the 'witch craze'
www.kuleuven.be
March 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Come do a PhD with Andreas Stynen and me! On witchcraft heritage and historical culture in the Low Countries since 1800 (excellent knowledge of Dutch is essential)
#hextag
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
#hextag
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
it’s only taken me [forever] but i finally did my map of witchcraft cases in France 1790-1940 by department *adjusted for average department population in 1881*
(the numbers are the department codes) 🗃️ #HexTag
(the numbers are the department codes) 🗃️ #HexTag
February 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
it’s only taken me [forever] but i finally did my map of witchcraft cases in France 1790-1940 by department *adjusted for average department population in 1881*
(the numbers are the department codes) 🗃️ #HexTag
(the numbers are the department codes) 🗃️ #HexTag
A #hextag present from my parents. 😊
September 30, 2023 at 8:54 AM
A #hextag present from my parents. 😊
To date this is the only known 'witch bottle' found in Flanders, at an archaeological dig in Turnhout in 2020. Dated 1520s-1570s. #hextag
Picture: Vlaams Erfgoed Centrum
Picture: Vlaams Erfgoed Centrum
February 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
To date this is the only known 'witch bottle' found in Flanders, at an archaeological dig in Turnhout in 2020. Dated 1520s-1570s. #hextag
Picture: Vlaams Erfgoed Centrum
Picture: Vlaams Erfgoed Centrum
The first copies have arrived!!!
The second, updated edition of the Science of Demons has arrived, featuring two new chapters and a fresh epilogue that together continue the history of demonology from its heyday to its demise.
www.routledge.com/The-Science-...
#hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky 🗃️
The second, updated edition of the Science of Demons has arrived, featuring two new chapters and a fresh epilogue that together continue the history of demonology from its heyday to its demise.
www.routledge.com/The-Science-...
#hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky 🗃️
August 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The first copies have arrived!!!
The second, updated edition of the Science of Demons has arrived, featuring two new chapters and a fresh epilogue that together continue the history of demonology from its heyday to its demise.
www.routledge.com/The-Science-...
#hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky 🗃️
The second, updated edition of the Science of Demons has arrived, featuring two new chapters and a fresh epilogue that together continue the history of demonology from its heyday to its demise.
www.routledge.com/The-Science-...
#hextag #earlymodern #medievalsky 🗃️
SOO good to see a paperback copy of the Basque Witch-Hunt out there in the wild! Really hope it will help find the book new and interested readers. 😊
#earlymodern #skystorians #hextag 🗃️
#earlymodern #skystorians #hextag 🗃️
I just received my copy today. I can't wait to dive into its pages.
July 10, 2026 at 7:29 AM
SOO good to see a paperback copy of the Basque Witch-Hunt out there in the wild! Really hope it will help find the book new and interested readers. 😊
#earlymodern #skystorians #hextag 🗃️
#earlymodern #skystorians #hextag 🗃️
My article in History Today on a lost Inquisition ballad is now available on open access for the next seven days!
Basques, witches, inquisitors, and sodomy all in song. Worth a read! 😊
#earlymodern #hextag 🗃️
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
Basques, witches, inquisitors, and sodomy all in song. Worth a read! 😊
#earlymodern #hextag 🗃️
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
www.historytoday.com
October 18, 2024 at 7:20 AM
My article in History Today on a lost Inquisition ballad is now available on open access for the next seven days!
Basques, witches, inquisitors, and sodomy all in song. Worth a read! 😊
#earlymodern #hextag 🗃️
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
Basques, witches, inquisitors, and sodomy all in song. Worth a read! 😊
#earlymodern #hextag 🗃️
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
A short #hextag, magic and fraud thread. 🗃️
In 1866 Pierre Miramont told a family of laborers in the Haute-Garonne that they were bewitched but he could cure them with a pack of cards. His plan? To burn the cards, which would ‘burn the feet of the witch’.
December 17, 2024 at 6:59 AM
A short #hextag, magic and fraud thread. 🗃️