A depiction of a magic circle, in Pseudo-Roger Bacon, Tractatus de nigromatia (Book of Black Magic), England, late 1500s. Courtesy of Chetham’s Library. Byrom Collection. MUN Mun.A.4.98

Magic, Witches and Devils in the

Early Modern World

21 January – 21 August 2016, free entry

The University of Manchester Library

 Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and queens to clergymen and maidservants.

Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World reveals how magic, diabolical witchcraft, and ghostly encounters inspired fear and curiosity on an unprecedented scale between the 15th and 18th centuries. The exhibition illuminates the roots of our obsession with supernatural power and explores a world where the Devil was understood as a real and present danger in daily life.

full details of the Exhibition at the University of Manchester Library here: Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World

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