Elizabethan witchcraft: a trial that divided a community
Marion Gibson explores what a 1580s witchcraft trial can reveal about poverty, social tensions and ordinary life in early modern England
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Show Notes
In the 1580s, the remote Essex village of St Osyth was beset by poverty and social tensions – and when a servant accused her neighbour of witchcraft, it sparked a crisis that engulfed the entire community. Speaking with Charlotte Hodgman, Marion Gibson explores what this late 16th-century witchcraft trial can tell us about life in early modern England.
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