Witchcraft - How 'bad' were the East Anglian Witch-Hunts of 1645-47?

Hans Baldung Grien: Witches. Woodcut 1508.

The Essex Branch have just announced their 2010/2011 programme. Highlights include lectures on:

The Italian Renaissance, Mountbatten: Hero of our time, Women and Work in the Middle Ages, The Strategy of the American Civil War, Witchcraft - How 'bad' were the East Anglian Witch-Hunts of 1645-47? Mid-Seventeenth Century English Witch Persecution in Comparative Context.

There will also be a lecture by Ian Mason, Cumbrian Branch Secretary and Chair of the Branches Committee:

Using Original Historical Documents with Schoolchildren and "Children" of all Ages!  [illustrated]

For more details about the Essex Branch 2010/2011 events click here...