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
Early modern
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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.
What is that primogeniture thing, anyway?
The rules of succession; or, how to pick your king (and avoid a queen)
Ep 5 | The gender pension gap of 1539, or how women got screwed by the Dissolution of Monasteries
Don't work but don't get married and don't count on a living pension
The housewife is a Victorian invention
Women didn't ruin the workplace. They were always there.
Ep 1 | Women have always had jobs (Victoria Bateman)
Women didn't ruin the workplace. They've always been there.
