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Brendan C. Walsh

@brendancwalsh.bsky.social

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. https://brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic

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My book โ€˜A History of Anglican Exorcismโ€™ has been added to
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's digital collections: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

13.10.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Itโ€™s now out and featuring my chapter on ghosts in early modern English popular pamphlets.

16.09.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very excited to read and review this chunky volume ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

19.05.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜The Properest Witch He Ever Knowedโ€™: 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...

New from Brendan Walsh on the James Haywood/Long Compton witchcraft murder trial of 1875

doi.org/10.1080/0047...

๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ #HexTag

07.03.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Midland History Volume 50, Issue 1 of Midland History

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...

07.03.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜The Properest Witch He Ever Knowedโ€™: 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...

My latest article is now out: โ€˜The Properest Witch He Ever Knowedโ€™: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MXRJA...

04.03.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Societas Magica

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

15.02.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A Cultural History of Magic

Extremely proud of this work with the wonderful Stephen Mitchell. Available for pre-order: A Cultural History of Magic, 6 vols. ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿงฟ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ #bloomsburyacademics #magic #witchcraft www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...

19.12.2024 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Just arrived. Very keen to get stuck in ๐Ÿง™
@janmachielsen.bsky.social

19.12.2024 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My first batch of zines arrived ๐Ÿ™Œ
@helleborezine.bsky.social

14.12.2024 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"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 itโ€™s unfortunate that tuition fees have made the experience to some degree transactional."

05.12.2024 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 175    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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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 ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...

12.11.2024 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 167    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

An introduction is in order: I'm an early modern intellectual historian specializing in Reformed English Protestant demonology ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘ป I also write on British folklore, Gothic literature, and popular representations of the supernatural.
I post all my work here ๐Ÿ‘‰ brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic

22.11.2024 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please include me-early modern demonology and intellectual historian here ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

22.11.2024 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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