The History of Witchcraft

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The History of Witchcraftinactive

Publisher |: Samuel Hume

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: History,; Paranormal,; Religion & Spirituality,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Education,; History,; Society & Culture

Witches didn't exist, and yet thousands of people were executed for the crime of witchcraft. Why? The belief in magic and witchcraft has existed in every recorded human culture; this podcast looks at how people explained the inexplicable, turned random acts of nature into conscious acts of mortal or supernatural beings, and how desperate communities took revenge against the suspected perpetrators.

People |: Samuel Hume (@samuelhume10)
Country Of Origin |: United Kingdom
Produced In |: Scotland
Premiere Date |: 2017-05-23
Related Hashtags |: #FolkloreThursday,; #history,; #History,; #OTD
Frequency |: Periodic
Explicit |: No

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50 Available Episodes (50 Total) / Average duration: 00:34:14

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50 Available Episodes (50 Total)Average duration: 00:34:14

Mar 25, 2021

01:01:30

Witch Hunt Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rn38z/episodes/downloads

Time Travels: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b094d4hl/episodes/downloads

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Mar 11, 2021

00:03:00

I will be giving a talk at Intelligent Speech 2021 on 24th April. Sign up now to listen to me tell the tale of Charles II's dramatic flight from Worcester

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Aug 10, 2020

00:35:46

Ben Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia and Sam Hume of the History of Witchcraft sat down for a chat about witch panics, memes, authority, and the importance of getting angry while also staying calm.

Check out Ben's Podcast: https://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/

Music:

Intro music is See These Bones by Nada Surf.

Spective - Bridge Valley

P.R. & ChillCat - Soul Child

ai means love. - road trip

Breezewax - Mother's Earth

LZRDSK - flowers

LeVirya & Broey. - Inertia

Aphrow & Stuffed Tomato - Goodbye

ningen - Take You Outside

I Am Wolter - Morning Licks

Foeniks - Take It Easy

RINZ. - Lotus

mr. hong & pastels - let's meet at the elevator

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Feb 16, 2020

00:42:02

Prof. Oldridge joins me to talk about witchcraft and religion in early Stuart England,

The recommended books, available from all good retailers, are:

Strange Histories (2017)
The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England (2016)
The Witchcraft Reader (2019)

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Oct 17, 2019

00:21:49

This is just a short catch up episode to share what I experienced at Sound Education 2019. I met so many great podcasters, many that I've listened to for years and many more that are now in my queue.

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Apr 28, 2019

00:44:04

In a special episode BT Newberg and I talk about the highs and lows of making a history podcast. What made us want to start a podcast? Why did we pick the subjects we did? When did I decide to change focus to Pax Britannica? What are the best and worst things about it? Peak behind the curtain!

Go check out Dead Ideas: https://deadideas.net/

Check out the podcast website: http://thehistoryofwitchcraft.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyofwitchcraft/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistofWitch

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Feb 10, 2019

00:08:24

A short introduction and clip from the first episode of Pax Britannica. Follow the links below to find my new show your favourite way!

Show Page: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ADL3707263633

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Jan 27, 2019

00:35:37

If anyone has heard of a particular witch trial, they will have heard of Salem. It's an infamous part of early American history, and everywhere in popular culture. Today's episode will be explaining the main theories as to why the small village of Salem, Massachusetts began the greatest witch panic in American history.

This episode primarily made use of the following texts:

- Anderson, Virginia Dejohn, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)

- Levack, Brian, ‘State-Building and Witch-Hunting’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, (2002)

- Godbeer, Richard, ‘Witchcraft in British America’, in Levack, Brian (ed.),The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America (2014)- Hansen, Chadwick, ‘Andover Witches and the Causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials’, in Levack, Brian (ed.), Witchcraft in Colonial America, ed.

- Le Beau, Bryan F. The Story of the Salem Witch Trials, (1998)

Also included in today's episode is a brief announcement for a new podcast of mine, Pax Britannica, launching 10th February 2019. Keep up to date with the launch by following the social media pages below:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax

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Dec 09, 2018

00:50:21

I'm delighted to speak with Valerie Kivelson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Professor Kivelson graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude in 1980, and received her PhD from Stanford University in 1988. Since then Professor Kivelson has been a prolific author of books and papers covering topics as varied as Russian Cosmography, Siberian colonisation, cartography, and of course witchcraft.

Recommended texts by Prof. Kivelson:

- Desparate Magic: The Moral Economy of Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Russia (Available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Desperate-Magic-Economy-Witchcraft-Seventeenth-Century-ebook/dp/B00G6SD4JO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544309091&sr=8-1&keywords=desperate+magic)

- 'Male Witches and Gendered Categories in Seventeenth-Century Russia', Comparative Studies in Society and History (Available from Cambridge University Press: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/comparative-studies-in-society-and-history/article/male-witches-and-gendered-categories-in-seventeenthcentury-russia/F9FA9F79E0576D4F0AC5EA29E3EFF59A/share/834641cd30309cda70c4c5ed8ee30e6054f43d51)

Website: https://thehistoryofwitchcraft.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyofwitchcraft/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistofWitch

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HistoryofWitchcraft

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Oct 27, 2018

00:49:19

Today we cover the development of Halloween - its development from a Celtic harvest festival, which may or may not have involved the ritual slaughter of infant children, and its merger with the Christian holy days of All Saints and All Souls, emerging from the melting pot of American society as something new and old, traditional and commercial.

Many thanks to Joe from the 80 Days - An Exploration Podcast for lending his voice to today's intro quote. Find his fantastic show on Facebook, Twitter, and 80dayspodcast.com

Today's show primarily relies on the following works:

Rogers, Nicholas, Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night, 2002

Santino, Jack (ed.) Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life, 1994

For a full bibliography, please see the website: https://thehistoryofwitchcraft.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyofwitchcraft/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistofWitch

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HistoryofWitchcraft

The Recorded History Podcast Network: https://recordedhistory.net/

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Mar 25 | 01:01:30

Piety and Heartwork in Covenanter Scotland

Mar 11 | 00:03:00

Intelligent Speech 2020

Aug 10 | 00:35:46

045 - Wittenberg to Witches

Feb 16 | 00:42:02

044 - Early Modern English Witchcraft with Professor Darren Oldridge

Oct 17 | 00:21:49

Extra - Sound Education Experience

Apr 28 | 00:44:04

Bonus - What's it like to make a History Podcast (feat. Dead Ideas)

Feb 10 | 00:08:24

Introducing Pax Britannica

Jan 27 | 00:35:37

043 - Salem, Massachusetts

Dec 09 | 00:50:21

042 - Witchcraft in Russia with Prof. Valerie Kivelson

Oct 27 | 00:49:19

041 - Halloween - From Pagan, to Christian, to Party

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