A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day

With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures, and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of both popular and scholarly…

In his introduction to this second edition, Ronald Hutton places his account of the royalist war effort into modern historical context, bringing the reader up-to-date with the recent developments in…

The English Civil War remains the most prolonged and traumatic example of internal violence in the history of the state. The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 shows how such a war…

Explores the religious and secular rituals which marked the passage of the year in late-Medieval and early-modern England. The text tells the story of how they altered over time in…

Hear the Call of the Highlands for Powerful Magick, Healing, and Divination Take a journey through the magickal folk traditions of Scotland. Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, a Scottish hereditary witch, shares her…