Dr Tabitha Stanmore (She/her)

I am a postdoctoral researcher on the Leverhulme-funded Seven County Witch Hunt Project, investigating the people affected by the 1640s witch trials in eastern England. The aim of this project is to return the identities and stories of the accused (and their accusers) to their communities.

I am a specialist in English magic and witchcraft between the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries, and particularly interested in the role that the supernatural played in everyday life, culture and politics. My doctoral research explored the use of ‘service’ magic - practical spells sold by professional magicians - in premodern England.

My first monograph, Love Spells and Lost Treasure: Service Magic in England from the Later Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era, was published by Cambridge University Press in December 2022. For general readers interested in the same topic, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic was published in May 2024 with The Bodley Head (UK) and Bloomsbury (US).