Tag: Early Modern History
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Dark magic and Witchcraft – a reasonable fear? The Rationale behind Witchcraft Belief in Early Modern Europe
Written by Nikita Nandanwad. Witchcraft trials have traditionally been viewed as campaigns of irrational religious belief. Yet, recent scholarship has demonstrated the complexity behind witchcraft trials and the ways they were informed by conceptions of gender.
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Milton’s Eve and the roles of Women in Early Modern European Society
Written by Melissa Kane. Milton’s Paradise Lost offers insights into the roles of women in seventeenth-century European society.
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John Dee: Elizabeth’s Tudor ‘Wizard’
Written by Melissa Kane. A key advisor of Elizabeth I, early supporter of a British Empire, and student of the supernatural, the life of John Dee has somewhat fallen to the wayside of Tudor history, but what did he bring to Tudor life and its legacies?
Retrospect Journal 