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Brendan C. Walsh

@brendancwalsh.bsky.social
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Early Modern Intellectual Historian and Religious Scholar from Australia. Devotee of the Dark Arts: demonology and the supernatural in the 16th and 17th century Anglosphere. brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/acad…

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"The Duck quaketh... The Wolf howleth" — from what many consider to be the first picture book for children, Orbis Sensualium Pictus (1658). More in our essay here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/in-the…
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/05/2026
We are dismayed by news regarding UG History, and other subjects, at Hertfordshire. This follows recent job losses at Essex and elsewhere, and makes clear the crisis in UK HE. The Society is in touch and working with historians at UoH. As ever, we invite contact from others affected #Skystorians
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Dr Robin Douglas @robincdouglas.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Coming up on Thursday 21 May at Treadwells bookshop in London..... == Paganism Persisting – In-Conversation & Soirée == Robin Douglas and Francis Young explore Europe’s long fascination with reviving its pagan past. Drinks follow. www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/pag...
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Paganism Persisting – In-Conversation & Soirée | Treadwells
Robin Douglas and Francis Young explore Europe’s long fascination with reviving its pagan past. Drinks follow.
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
There’s no such thing as the history of science (and this is a blog post about it) (inspired by a great 2017 article by Lorraine Daston) williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/t... 🗃️
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There is no such thing as the history of science
People on the internet are arguing about what ‘science’ means and what properly belongs to the ‘history of science’. (Aparna Nair’s thread on Bluesky is a good introdu…
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Witches of Massachusetts Bay @witchesmassbay.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
March 19: Oxford Handbook of Puritanism. 30 essays on geographies & chronologies, theology & practice, politics, society, culture, & modern representations. #free #online Frank Bremer @annlaurahughes.bsky.social Rachel Adcock & @emersonwbaker.bsky.social congregationallibrary.org/events/oxfor...
March 19, 2026, 1 pm to 2:30 pm
The Oxford Handbook of Puritanism
A virtual talk with Frank Bremer, Ann Hughes, Rachel Adcock, and Emerson Baker
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Sarah Moran @lc-beguines.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
CFP! Special issue of the journal Religions "Women in the Christian Tradition: Paradigms and Expressions of Religious Life in Early Modern Western Contexts" www.mdpi.com/journal/reli...)
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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026
#Exorcism. Vincent of Beauvais, Miroir Histoire (Speculum Historiale), Paris c. 1332-1335. BnF, Arsenal Ms-5080, fol. 176r. #medieval #MedievalArt
#Exorcism. Vincent of Beauvais, Miroir Histoire (Speculum Historiale), Paris c. 1332-1335. BnF, Arsenal Ms-5080, fol. 176r.
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Dr Paige Donaghy @paigedonaghy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Returning from holidays to the delightful news that my book, based on my PhD, has just been published 🌟 Mola, False Conception, and False Pregnancy in British Medicine, 1550–1850 Buy from Boydell & Brewer for 35% off with code BB135 ⬇️ boydellandbrewer.com/book/mola-fa... #earlymodern #medhums
This image is the cover of Donaghy's book, which features a 17th century Dutch oil painting of a doctor inspecting a pregnant woman's urine.
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My contributor copy arrived!
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
My book ‘A History of Anglican Exorcism’ has been added to @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's digital collections: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
It’s now out and featuring my chapter on ghosts in early modern English popular pamphlets.
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Very excited to read and review this chunky volume 😈
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New from Brendan Walsh on the James Haywood/Long Compton witchcraft murder trial of 1875 doi.org/10.1080/0047... 🗃️ #HexTag
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‘The Properest Witch He Ever Knowed’: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial
This article presents a narrative history of the infamous 1875 trial of James Haywood. In September this year, Haywood viciously murdered his neighbour Ann Tennant who he believed to be a witch; le...
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Midland History Journal @midlandhistory.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Hot off the press, and the perfect thing to read over a warm weekend! The Spring 2025 edition of Midland History is out now, featuring articles on Tudor Warwick, the Thelwall Riot, a witchcraft murder trial, and the Black Country. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/5...
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Midland History
Volume 50, Issue 1 of Midland History
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My latest article is now out: ‘The Properest Witch He Ever Knowed’: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MXRJA...
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‘The Properest Witch He Ever Knowed’: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial
This article presents a narrative history of the infamous 1875 trial of James Haywood. In September this year, Haywood viciously murdered his neighbour Ann Tennant who he believed to be a witch; le...
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The Spring 2025 Societas Magica Newsletter is now out, featuring an article by Kenneth D. Evans on "The Rhetoric of Chaos Magic" societasmagica.org/newsletters We are always looking for short essays (1500-2500 words) and other announcements. Proposals can be sent to newsletters@societasmagica.org
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Louise Nyholm Kallestrup @witchykallestrup.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Extremely proud of this work with the wonderful Stephen Mitchell. Available for pre-order: A Cultural History of Magic, 6 vols. 🔮🧿🧙‍♀️ #bloomsburyacademics #magic #witchcraft www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
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A Cultural History of Magic
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Just arrived. Very keen to get stuck in 🧙 @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
My first batch of zines arrived 🙌 @helleborezine.bsky.social
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 05/12/2024
"University should be concerned with encouraging rational inquiry and the free play of the intellect; it is not about the creation of useful drones and it’s unfortunate that tuition fees have made the experience to some degree transactional."
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
To produce 25,000 transcriptions of English wills 1540-1790 we are combining Handwritten Text Recognition software with the power of the crowd. If you'd like to participate you can transcribe wills any time on our Zooniverse site! #EarlyModern 🗃️ www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
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Brendan C. Walsh @brendancwalsh.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
An introduction is in order: I'm an early modern intellectual historian specializing in Reformed English Protestant demonology 😈 🧙‍♀️ 👻 I also write on British folklore, Gothic literature, and popular representations of the supernatural. I post all my work here 👉 brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic
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