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Practical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk

Practical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk

Name: Practical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk
Uploaded: 2024-08-06T11:09:38.506Z
Duration: 34 min 37 s

From casting love spells to lifting curses, Tabitha Stanmore explains how practical magic was once a part of everyday life in medieval and Tudor England

Ellie Cawthorne

Published: August 19, 2024 at 4:24 PM

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From love spells to enthral the object of your desires, to charms to influence the outcome of a trial, people turned to cunning folk for all kinds of practical magic in medieval and Tudor England. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, historian Tabitha Stanmore reveals the amount of power these magical people could have within their communities, and explores some of their methods for altering the world around them by supernatural means.

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Ellie CawthorneHead of content (audio)

Ellie Cawthorne is head of content (audio) at HistoryExtra