The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t

Derbyshire man Leonard Wheatcroft built up a list of questions in 1671, 29 in total. Loving these today, incredible train of thought: 'why have men Beards & women none', 'why have sum women Beads & sum none'. The list get better and better as it goes on too

It was a pleasure to present at this event a few days ago - my first academic paper delivered 📄😅 Thank you @spparkle.bsky.social and Peter Auger for organising, to the other presenters for some terrific papers, and to those who listened to me and asked questions - very much appreciated!

Hello 👋 I am working part-time towards a PhD in History, focused on everyday acts of giving and lending among the middling sort in the long seventeenth century. Very interest in using this platform to stay current with related research and events!