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This week, Mary C Flannery explores the spells and potions of medieval magic; and Jean Wilson on the trail of the ever elusive Anne Boleyn. ‘Love spells and lost treasure: Service magic in England from the later Middle Ages to the early modern era’, by Tabitha Stanmore  ‘Textual magic: Charm and written amulets in medieval England’, by Katherine Storm Hindley ‘Hunting the falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the marriage that shook Europe’, by John Guy and Julia Fox  Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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