Meeting in the Middle Ages

17: Taking "Eating Your Words" Literally with Dr. Katherine Storm Hindley


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This month we’re chatting with Dr. Katherine Storm Hindley, Assistant Professor of English at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, about her recent book, Textual Magic Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England (University of Chicago Press). Discover the magical power of charms in the medieval world, how to find and catalog them, and why modern tattoos might connect us to medieval charms. 


Dr. Hindley's faculty profile: https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/cris/rp/rp00289

Textual Magic Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England : https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo193302771.html

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