The persecution of witches in 17th century Britain was examined in last night's BBC 4 documentary series Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls, with historian Lucy Worsley. The TV programme also looked at some of the folk magic people used to protect themselves from witchcraft. I thought it was very interesting.
Programmes on BBC TV Channels are usually available to watch on iPlayer for at least a week after they are shown: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/
Previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/03/review-witchcraft-very-short.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/07/history-of-pendle-witches-their-magic.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/02/review-history-of-witchcraft.html
I missed that programme! Sounds great, thank you for sharing! )O(
ReplyDeleteI love Lucy Worsley! She's so irreverent, but never dumbs down. DO watch this, it's interesting and great fun. In fact, watch the whole series if you can.
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