Cunning Folk - Life in the Era of Practical Magic

Cunning Folk transports us to a time when magic was used to solve life-s day-to-day problems - as well as some of deadly importance. -A brilliant book, written with wit and vigour- MALCOLM GASKILL, author of The Ruin of All Witches-Absolutely fascinating- IAN MORTIMER, author of The Time-Traveller-s Guide to Medieval EnglandIt-s 1600 and you-ve lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they-ve been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you-re facing trial. Maybe you-re looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might well have been cunning folk: practitioners of magic who were a common, even essential part of daily life, at a time when the supernatural was surprisingly mundane. Charming, thought-provoking and based on original research, Cunning Folk is an immersive reconstruction of a bygone world by an expert historian, as well as a commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. -I adore Cunning F