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Happy Halloween! On this spooky night, catch up with Prof Ronald Hutton's* lecture 'Witch-Hunting in European and World History'. He delves into Europe's unusual relationship with the 'witch', and why notorious early modern witch hunts usually didn't last long... Watch via: https://gres.hm/witches-europe * also of University of Bristol University of Bristol History Society Bristol University Historians #halloween #paganism #folklore #history #magic #witch #witches #witchcraft #greshamcollege | G

Coming soon at Gresham... Professor Ronald Hutton's new 2024/25 series will explore the origins and nature of Modern Paganism and Witchcraft Join our newsletter to be among the first to hear when tickets open: https://gres.hm/newsletter #goddesses #religion #magic #ancienthistory #history University of Bristol University of Bristol History Society Bristol University Historians Pagan Federation International Children of Artemis Order of Bards Ovates and Druids (OBOD) Society of Antiquaries of Lon

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How can we collate the evidence to learn more? Gods of Prehistoric Britain #GreshamLecture Britain has one of the richest of all pagan heritages in Europe, defined as the textual and material evidence for its pre-Christian religions. The island is possessed of monuments, burial sites and a range of other remains not only from several distinct ages of prehistory, but also from three different major historic cultures. This lecture will look at what we know of prehistoric worship, focusing on Stone