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The magic of everyday magicians – who were they and what did they practice?
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Hallowe’en is around the corner – and you may think magic is all about witches, warlocks, and wizards. But did you know that hundreds of years ago, magic was practiced by people known as cunning folk – or as Prof. Sharon Wright likes to call them everyday magicians. Find out how these everyday magicians used magic to solve the everyday problems of life. Sharon Wright is a professor of late medieval history and the Director of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies at the Univ. of Saskatchewan.
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Sharon Wright is a professor of late medieval history and the Director of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies at the Univ. of Saskatchewan. For more on Sharon’s research
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/profile/SWright Publications include:
“Everyday Magicians: Legal Records and Magic Manuscripts from Tudor England”
https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09393-2.html
“The Magic of Rouges: Necromancers in Early Tudor England”
https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08929-4.html
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