A History of Magic and Witchcraft in Wales

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ISBN9780752428260
AuthorsRichard Suggett
PublisherThe History Press Ltd
FormatPaperback
Number of pages192
Weight (kg)0.258
Publishing Date14/07/2008
Price (excl. tax)€22.55
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Wales had a rich gallery of magical specialists (prophets, cunning-men, physicians etc), including many who were suspected of harmful witchcraft. Richard Suggett examines all types of magical specialists, including those regarded as beneficial as well as harmful. Popular belief in witchcraft in Wales did not decline with the abolition of the Witchcraft Act in 1736. Indeed belief in witchcraft beliefs became darker in form and was transformed into a novel form of cursing the use of cursing wells, many of which are still in existence in Wales.