Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft

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A man’s wife has run away, but everyone knows where she is: living with the priest who enchanted her. In this episode our host digs deep into her own archival research to bring you four cases of seduction by magic in one fourteenth-century Italian city. Why were priests and women so likely to be accused of using magic in late medieval Europe, and who could resist their charms? 

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben with original music by Purple Planet.   

For more on these cases, see Corinne Wieben, “The Charms of Women and Priests: Sex, Magic, Gender and Public Order in Late Medieval Italy," Gender & History 29, No. 1 (April 2017): 141–157.

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