Ursula Kemp and the St Osyth Witches
Podcast |
Criminalia
Publisher |
iHeartPodcasts, 
Shondaland Audio
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Society & Culture, 
True Crime, 
Women's Stories
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture, 
True Crime
Publication Date |
Dec 21, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:24:27

For centuries according to the historical record, it was midwives who were most often prosecuted for witchcraft. Often in the historical record, midwives were written of as, quote, "unwomanly." And of course not assuming all 16th --century midwives are alike, many were considered suspicious for such things as being unmarried, or for their sexual behavior. Ursula Kemp made a living as a midwife -- and that made her a good choice as a scapegoat.

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The St. Osyth witches, as they're commonly referred, who were convicted of witchcraft in 1582 in England – and among those so-called witches was a midwife named Ursula Kemp.

For centuries according to the historical record, it was midwives who were most often prosecuted for witchcraft. Often in the historical record, midwives were written of as, quote, "unwomanly." And of course not assuming all 16th --century midwives are alike, many were considered suspicious for such things as being unmarried, or for their sexual behavior. Ursula Kemp made a living as a midwife -- and that made her a good choice as a scapegoat.

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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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