TABITHA STANMORE

Welcome

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Exeter and a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Spanning the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries, I am interested in the role magic and the supernatural has played in the everyday life, culture and politics of past societies.

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I am part of the Leverhulme-funded Seven County Witch Hunt Project, investigating the people affected by the 1640s witch trials in eastern England.

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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 period, was published by Cambridge University Press in December 2022.

 I have appeared on BBC Radio and TV discussing my work, and have written for print literature including The Conversation.