I’m pleased to announce that my popular talk, Tudor Lives: The Witches of Elizabethan & Stuart Essex, is now available online.

My talk – in the format of short lectures combined into one course – is available at Udemy – an online learning platform that is the leading global marketplace for learning and instruction.

What you’ll learn

My lectures retell the story of how witchcraft came to be so feared by our ancestors in England 500 years ago and covers:

• The historical and legal context of the witchcraft trials.
• The phenomenon of witch-finders – including Matthew Hopkins, the self-styled Witchfinder General.
• Case studies of witchcraft in Essex including convicted witches
  • Agnes Waterhouse in Hatfield Peverel,
  • Ellen Smythe in Maldon,
  • Joan Cunny and her 2 daughters in Stisted.
• Also lectures with case studies involving the towns and villages of Braintree, Gosfield, St Osyth, Great Leighs.

Who this course is for:

• Anyone with an interest in Tudor or Stuart England
• Anyone who is curious about the history of English witches and witchcraft
• Undergraduate and post-graduate students of British History courses who are studying the history of witches and witchcraft trials.

Click this  Tudor Lives: The Witches of Tudor & Stuart Essex to be taken to the signup page.

As this is the first time one of my talks is available via Udemy, I would be really grateful if you, after you have listened to it, you leave me a review.

Click the Signup button below to signup to the course. I hope you enjoy the course!

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