Pendle & Salem: A New Online Course

Starting this week!

Pendle & Salem: Witchcraft in 17th-century England and Colonial America

4-week online course | Starts 17 April | Follow ‘live’ or at own pace

In this brand new four-part course, early modern historian, author and HistFest founder Rebecca Rideal investigates two of the most infamous witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century – Pendle (1612) and Salem (1692-1693). From original testimony and official records to historical context and cultural legacies, you’ll explore how witchcraft was experienced, understood, prosecuted and punished in England and Colonial America.

• Lecture 1 – Understanding early modern witchcraft

• Lecture 2 – Pendle: A family drama?

• Lecture 3 – Changing tides: British witch-hunters and colonial America

• Lecture 4 – Salem: history, hysteria, law and legacy