Brendan C. Walsh
@brendancwalsh.bsky.social
Early Modern Intellectual Historian and Religious Scholar from Australia. Devotee of the Dark Arts: demonology and the supernatural in the 16th and 17th century Anglosphere.
https://brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic
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An introduction is in order: I'm an early modern intellectual historian specializing in Reformed English Protestant demonology 😈 🧙♀️ 👻 I also write on British folklore, Gothic literature, and popular representations of the supernatural.
I post all my work here 👉 brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic
I post all my work here 👉 brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic
My contributor copy arrived!
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My contributor copy arrived!
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My book ‘A History of Anglican Exorcism’ has been added to
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's digital collections: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's digital collections: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
October 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My book ‘A History of Anglican Exorcism’ has been added to
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's digital collections: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's digital collections: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
It’s now out and featuring my chapter on ghosts in early modern English popular pamphlets.
Publishing today!
Ghosts and the Gothic, edited by @ruthheholt.bsky.social and @joparsons.bsky.social
The first book to examine ghostly presences (and absences) in #Gothic texts bit.ly/3I59Uzy
#Ghosts #GothicStudies
Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181923/
Ghosts and the Gothic, edited by @ruthheholt.bsky.social and @joparsons.bsky.social
The first book to examine ghostly presences (and absences) in #Gothic texts bit.ly/3I59Uzy
#Ghosts #GothicStudies
Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181923/
September 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s now out and featuring my chapter on ghosts in early modern English popular pamphlets.
Very excited to read and review this chunky volume 😈
May 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Very excited to read and review this chunky volume 😈
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New from Brendan Walsh on the James Haywood/Long Compton witchcraft murder trial of 1875
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
🗃️ #HexTag
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
🗃️ #HexTag
‘The Properest Witch He Ever Knowed’: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial
This article presents a narrative history of the infamous 1875 trial of James Haywood. In September this year, Haywood viciously murdered his neighbour Ann Tennant who he believed to be a witch; le...
doi.org
March 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New from Brendan Walsh on the James Haywood/Long Compton witchcraft murder trial of 1875
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
🗃️ #HexTag
doi.org/10.1080/0047...
🗃️ #HexTag
Reposted by Brendan C. Walsh
Hot off the press, and the perfect thing to read over a warm weekend!
The Spring 2025 edition of Midland History is out now, featuring articles on Tudor Warwick, the Thelwall Riot, a witchcraft murder trial, and the Black Country.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/5...
The Spring 2025 edition of Midland History is out now, featuring articles on Tudor Warwick, the Thelwall Riot, a witchcraft murder trial, and the Black Country.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/5...
Midland History
Volume 50, Issue 1 of Midland History
www.tandfonline.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hot off the press, and the perfect thing to read over a warm weekend!
The Spring 2025 edition of Midland History is out now, featuring articles on Tudor Warwick, the Thelwall Riot, a witchcraft murder trial, and the Black Country.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/5...
The Spring 2025 edition of Midland History is out now, featuring articles on Tudor Warwick, the Thelwall Riot, a witchcraft murder trial, and the Black Country.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/5...
My latest article is now out: ‘The Properest Witch He Ever Knowed’: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MXRJA...
‘The Properest Witch He Ever Knowed’: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial
This article presents a narrative history of the infamous 1875 trial of James Haywood. In September this year, Haywood viciously murdered his neighbour Ann Tennant who he believed to be a witch; le...
www.tandfonline.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My latest article is now out: ‘The Properest Witch He Ever Knowed’: Belief and Insanity in the 1875 James Haywood Witchcraft Murder Trial www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MXRJA...
The Spring 2025 Societas Magica Newsletter is now out, featuring an article by Kenneth D. Evans on "The Rhetoric of Chaos Magic" societasmagica.org/newsletters
We are always looking for short essays (1500-2500 words) and other announcements. Proposals can be sent to [email protected]
We are always looking for short essays (1500-2500 words) and other announcements. Proposals can be sent to [email protected]
Societas Magica
societasmagica.org
February 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The Spring 2025 Societas Magica Newsletter is now out, featuring an article by Kenneth D. Evans on "The Rhetoric of Chaos Magic" societasmagica.org/newsletters
We are always looking for short essays (1500-2500 words) and other announcements. Proposals can be sent to [email protected]
We are always looking for short essays (1500-2500 words) and other announcements. Proposals can be sent to [email protected]
Reposted by Brendan C. Walsh
Extremely proud of this work with the wonderful Stephen Mitchell. Available for pre-order: A Cultural History of Magic, 6 vols. 🔮🧿🧙♀️ #bloomsburyacademics #magic #witchcraft www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
A Cultural History of Magic
www.bloomsbury.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Extremely proud of this work with the wonderful Stephen Mitchell. Available for pre-order: A Cultural History of Magic, 6 vols. 🔮🧿🧙♀️ #bloomsburyacademics #magic #witchcraft www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
Just arrived. Very keen to get stuck in 🧙
@janmachielsen.bsky.social
@janmachielsen.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Just arrived. Very keen to get stuck in 🧙
@janmachielsen.bsky.social
@janmachielsen.bsky.social
My first batch of zines arrived 🙌
@helleborezine.bsky.social
@helleborezine.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 10:40 PM
My first batch of zines arrived 🙌
@helleborezine.bsky.social
@helleborezine.bsky.social
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"University should be concerned with encouraging rational inquiry and the free play of the intellect; it is not about the creation of useful drones and it’s unfortunate that tuition fees have made the experience to some degree transactional."
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop offering English literature degrees has set several hares…
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
"University should be concerned with encouraging rational inquiry and the free play of the intellect; it is not about the creation of useful drones and it’s unfortunate that tuition fees have made the experience to some degree transactional."
Reposted by Brendan C. Walsh
To produce 25,000 transcriptions of English wills 1540-1790 we are combining Handwritten Text Recognition software with the power of the crowd.
If you'd like to participate you can transcribe wills any time on our Zooniverse site! #EarlyModern 🗃️
www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
If you'd like to participate you can transcribe wills any time on our Zooniverse site! #EarlyModern 🗃️
www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
November 12, 2024 at 7:53 AM
To produce 25,000 transcriptions of English wills 1540-1790 we are combining Handwritten Text Recognition software with the power of the crowd.
If you'd like to participate you can transcribe wills any time on our Zooniverse site! #EarlyModern 🗃️
www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
If you'd like to participate you can transcribe wills any time on our Zooniverse site! #EarlyModern 🗃️
www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
An introduction is in order: I'm an early modern intellectual historian specializing in Reformed English Protestant demonology 😈 🧙♀️ 👻 I also write on British folklore, Gothic literature, and popular representations of the supernatural.
I post all my work here 👉 brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic
I post all my work here 👉 brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic
November 22, 2024 at 10:48 AM
An introduction is in order: I'm an early modern intellectual historian specializing in Reformed English Protestant demonology 😈 🧙♀️ 👻 I also write on British folklore, Gothic literature, and popular representations of the supernatural.
I post all my work here 👉 brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic
I post all my work here 👉 brendancharleswals.wixsite.com/academic