Richard Firth Green

26 August, 2017 - 01:46 ancient-origins

Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church (The Middle Ages Series)

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Richard Firth Green

Taking as his starting point the assumption that the major cultural gulf in the Middle Ages was less between the wealthy and the poor than

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15 August, 2017 - 23:40 ancient-origins

Fairies & Witches: The Witch Trials and Pagan Beliefs

Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 17:00 to 18:00

What is the connection between Fairies and Witches? Archaeologist, folklorist, and historian Margaret Murray’s old thesis was that the witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries were really an attack on fairy beliefs in an attempt to extinguish a surviving pre-Christian, pagan religion. Although later academically discredited, her theory gained widespread attention and was an influence on the...