Tag: witch trials
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When I first started pulling the strands of ideas together for The Healthcare Rebellion last Autumn, I assumed the research would mostly be carried out online from home. I hadn’t realised that just a few months later, my plans for the future would change dramatically. I talked about this in the June blog – The…
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During the 16th and 17th centuries, accusations of ‘bewitching’ would cause fear to ripple through agricultural communities in Scotland and England. Women, and some men, were feared for their alleged ‘supernatural’ abilities to cause harm to crops, food sources, animals and people. It’s clear they were not guilty of the crimes they were accused of,…