{"id":35200,"date":"2024-04-14T22:17:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T20:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=265082"},"modified":"2024-04-15T10:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T08:12:46","slug":"historyextra-academy-video-lecture-what-is-a-witch-with-professor-marion-gibson","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/historyextra-academy-video-lecture-what-is-a-witch-with-professor-marion-gibson\/","title":{"rendered":"HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: What is a witch? with Professor Marion Gibson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> In the first lecture of the HistoryExtra Academy history of witchcraft course, Professor Marion Gibson explores attitudes to witchcraft between the 15th and 18th centuries, and looks at some of the reasons why someone might find themselves at the centre of a witch trial <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Charlotte Hodgman\n                \t\t<\/p><p 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style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"4b319563c7619e82424a3a4ba73862accf548b7e\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"67n8mz30\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"67n8mz30\" content-id=\"4b319563c7619e82424a3a4ba73862accf548b7e\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p><strong>Marion Gibson is Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter, and author of a number of books on witchcraft history, including <em>Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials<\/em> (Simon and Schuster\/Scribner, 2023\/2024) and <em>The Witches of St Osyth<\/em> 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