Satanic Seduction
In The Witches of Huntingdon (1646) the author John Davenport salaciously outlined Elizabeth Weed’s involvement with three demons: he wrote that ‘the office of the man-like Spirit was to lye with her...
View ArticlePerceptions of Pregnancy
Next summer myself and Dr Ciara Meehan will be hosting a conference on the perceptions of pregnancy from the medieval period to the modern at the University of Hertfordshire. Here is the call for...
View ArticlePre-order Aphrodisiacs, Fertility and Medicine
It is now possible to pre-order my forthcoming book, Aphrodisiacs, Fertility and Medicine in Early Modern England, from both the Boydell & Brewer website and Amazon. Boydell & Brewer Royal...
View ArticleThe Mistaken Midwife
Midwives have been mentioned often on this blog. They were a central feature of many women’s birthing experiences in the early modern period. Their work, character and bodily condition have, at various...
View ArticleReview: Old Age and Disease
Today’s post is the second in our series of book reviews. Old Age and Disease in Early Modern Medicine by Daniel Schäfer (Pickering and Chatto, 2011) Schäfer begins Old Age and Disease (after a...
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