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Jennifer Farrell

Jennifer Farrell is a lecturer in medieval history at the University of Exeter

The notion of travelling by broomstick underscores the domestic sphere to which women belonged
History

How the medieval witch image has evolved over centuries

The idea that women might have been dabbling with the demonic magic previously associated with educated males, however inaccurate, was frightening
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Why your Halloween witch's outfit is rooted in a gendered stereotype

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