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Monday, November 13, 2023

Eleanor Cobham, duchess of Gloucester: "Beautiful, Intelligent, and Ambitious"

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Eleanor Cobham, duchess of Gloucester (walk of penance, 13 November 1441) I first came across a reference to Eleanor Cobham in a Shakespeare...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Katharina Kepler Was Not a Hideous Old Witch

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Katharina Guldenmann Kepler (died 13 April 1622) From the beginning, my purpose in this blog has been to focus on writing women's h...
Saturday, December 5, 2015

"According to their deserts": "Witches" and the Papal Bull "Summis desiderantes affectibus"

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Summis desiderantes affectibus ( "Desiring with supreme ardor") and the Persecution of "Witches" (papal bull issued 5 D...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Alse Young, Executed for Witchcraft

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Alse Young (executed 26 May 1647) Alse Young, of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first person known to have been executed for witchcraft ...
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