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The Witch Hunts
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The women you didn't see in 'The Uprising'
In this cinematic Peasants' Revolt, women only serve to hold up a mirror to male heroes. The real rebel women of the 14th century actually got involved
Where broomsticks and pointy hats come from
The figure of the witch is an inversion of the ideal woman in 17th-century patriarchy, Malcolm Gaskill told me
How to read about the witch hunts without getting fooled
This is the part of the job when the books stack up. Here's how I decide how much to trust them... and some recommendations.
And the next Broad History series will be...
Tens of thousands of women were killed in the early modern witch hunts. It's time we understand what happened.
Republican motherhood or how to avoid giving women the vote
Could you carve out a political space for women without threatening the patriarchy? The new United States found a way.
Ep 16 | American Revolution | 7 | Republican motherhood and the long impact of the Revolution (with Carol Berkin)
What was a woman's role to be when the men came home?
