The History of Witchcraft

Samuel Hume

A Podcast History of Magic, Sorcery, and Spells

  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Piety and Heartwork in Covenanter Scotland

    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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    25 March 2021, 11:59 pm
  • 35 minutes 46 seconds
    045 - Wittenberg to Witches

    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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    10 August 2020, 12:00 am
  • 42 minutes 2 seconds
    044 - Early Modern English Witchcraft with Professor Darren Oldridge

    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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    16 February 2020, 12:00 am
  • 21 minutes 49 seconds
    Extra - Sound Education Experience

    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.

    www.SoundEducation.fm

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    17 October 2019, 12:00 am
  • 44 minutes 4 seconds
    Bonus - What's it like to make a History Podcast (feat. Dead Ideas)

    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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    28 April 2019, 12:00 am
  • 8 minutes 24 seconds
    Introducing Pax Britannica

    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

    Website: https://paxbritannica.info

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    Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/samuel-hume-3/pax-britannica

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

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax

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    10 February 2019, 12:00 am
  • 35 minutes 37 seconds
    043 - Salem, Massachusetts

    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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    27 January 2019, 3:54 pm
  • 50 minutes 21 seconds
    042 - Witchcraft in Russia with Prof. Valerie Kivelson

    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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    9 December 2018, 12:20 am
  • 49 minutes 19 seconds
    041 - Halloween - From Pagan, to Christian, to Party

    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

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    27 October 2018, 10:45 pm
  • 29 minutes 5 seconds
    040 - The Pilgrims

    In this episode we cover the early history of English colonisation in the Americas, and the growth and expansion of New England in particular.

    This episode primarily makes use of the following texts:

    - Canny, N. 'The Origins of Empire: An Introduction', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998

    - Appleby J. C., 'War, Politics, and Colonization, 1558-1625', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)

    - Anderson, V. A., '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)

    - Elizabeth Mancke, 'The Languages of Liberty in British North America, 1607-1776', in Exclusionary Empire: English Liberty Overseas, 1600-1900 (2010).

    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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    7 October 2018, 12:00 am
  • 33 minutes 49 seconds
    039 - A War of Words

    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://www.recordedhistory.net

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    3 September 2018, 12:00 am
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