Magic in Britain: A History of Medieval and Earlier Practices

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Cover Table of Contents Introduction 1. Human Bones, Amulets and Animals: Magic and Ritual in Iron Age Britain 2. Witchcraft, Curse Tablets and Fear of the Restless Dead: Magic in Roman Britain 3. Germanic Paganism, Magic and Witchcraft in Anglo-Saxon England 4. Paganism, Christianity and the Cult of Saints in Early Northumbria 5. Paganism and Christianity in Early East Anglia and Mercia 6. Paganism and Christianity in the Early Kingdom of Wessex 7. The Kingdom of Wessex, the Vikings, and Pagan Amulets and Christianity in the Danelaw 8. Saints and Magic After the Norman Conquest: Anglo-Saxon Saints 9. New English Saints and Monasteries, and Late Medieval Ritual Curses 10. The Saints of Wales and Scotland: Holy Islands, Ritual Curses and Healing Waters 11. Pagan Magic in Late Medieval Christianity 12. Magic, Cunning-Folk and Witchcraft Trials in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index