Katrina Gulliver

When the local wizard was the repository of all wisdom

Before the arrival of ‘proper’ doctors, everyone in the Middle Ages, from rulers to peasants, turned to magic practitioners and cunning folk for healing and advice

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  • Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic

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    The Bodley Head, pp. 304, £20

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