Are you curious about the social history of Elizabethan and Stuart England?
🧙♀️You maybe surprised to learn that, under English law, it was once illegal to be a witch. Or to perform acts of witchcraft.
🧙♀️England had a sequence of draconian anti-witchcraft laws that were in place from the 16th century right up until the 20th century.
🔮Join my course and you can learn the history of the English witchcraft trials.
🔮The course covers the witchcraft hysteria of the 16th and 17th centuries.
🔮As Essex was England's "witch county", there is particular reference to the witches of the county.
🗺️There were more tried and convicted witches in Essex than in any other county in England.
🗺️ Case studies include convicted witches from Maldon, Stisted, Braintree, Hatfield Peverel, Gosfield, Great Leighs
✔️By the end of the course, you will be familiar with some of the factors that caused to the anti-witch hysteria
✔️ You will learn why witches were widely feared during this time period.
✔️You will also become aware of the legal framework and English Acts of Parliament that made witchcraft a capital offence, punishable by death.
👉 I have been studying Essex's witches for the last 15 years.
👉 Get my insider knowledge about this strange phenomenon...
Bonus eBook
Female power - a study on witchcraft in Elizabethan Essex
Meet your instructor
Kate J Cole
I’m a social and local historian specialising in house-histories and genealogy.
I’ve written seven social history books on a variety of historical topics. These include towns and villages across the east of England. And a book about the First World War using eye-witness accounts of the conflict.
I also write local history articles for magazines, present talks about social history to groups and societies. And I’ve been interviewed by various radio stations.
I have a Masters degree in local history from Cambridge University, an Advanced Diploma in English Local History from Oxford University and a First Class Honours degree in history from the Open University.
A former techie working for City of London corporates, I also hold a post-graduate diploma in the management of software projects, and post-graduate certificate in technology management.
I am passionate about helping you unlock the past.
Course contents
🎥 17 short videos - ranging in length from 1 to 7 minutes (total of just under an hour video content)
🔊 MP3 (audio only) versions of all 17 videos
📓 Transcripts of all the videos (pdf)
📚 A select bibliography of witchcraft books(pdf)
🧙♀️ Female Power: study on witchcraft in Elizabethan Essex (pdf eBook)
Any questions?
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How much is this course?
✔️£19.99
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Do I need previous historical research skills?
✔️Not for this course. Just a keen interest and an inquisitive mind!
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Do I need a computer/laptop/MacBook?
✔️Not for this course. You can watch the videos on your SmartPhone/iPhone.
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How long is each video?
✔️Each video is between 1 minute and 7 minutes in length. The total length of all the videos is approximately an hour.
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Do I have to "keep up"?
✔️No! You can watch each video as and when is convenient to you.
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Is this a self-paced course?
✔️Yes this is a self-paced/self-learning course. You can pick it up to study whenever you like. There is no set schedule.
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Is there a set start and end date?
✔️No! You can start it at any time you like.
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What age group is this course aimed at?
This course has been developed for an adult audience. However, I have had GCSE and A level students attend my face-to-face talks. So this course could be taken by an inquisitive teenager with a thirst for knowledge.
What people are saying about my courses...
✔️Your material [is] most approachable...
✔️Wonderfully informative course about the history of witchcraft....
✔️Overall an informative course that sparks my interest to read and learn more about this subject....
✔️The contents are just what I would like to know and have searched for...
✔️ Each video is short, simple and clear, good to get information step by step. Old actual pamphlets which tells the truth of the Tudor era are very interesting...
✔️Very helpful resources...
✔️The course was well organized in topics and a good overview with charts and details...
✔️A very interesting and fascinating topic that was well presented
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