Witches, Pagans and Historians. An Extended Review of Max Dashu, Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700–1000

Authors

  • Ronald Hutton University of Bristol

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v18i2.32246

Keywords:

Paganism, Witchcraft, History

Author Biography

  • Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol
    Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. He is a leading authority on the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, and on the global context of witchcraft beliefs. He is also the leading historian of the ritual year in Britain and of modern paganism. His paper The Strange History of British Archaeoastronomy was published in 2014 in the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture.

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2016-12-28

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Hutton, R. (2016). Witches, Pagans and Historians. An Extended Review of Max Dashu, Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700–1000. Pomegranate, 18(2), 205-234. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v18i2.32246