

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Why Did People Believe in Witchcraft? A talk by Professor Darren Oldridge
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 13 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Darren Oldridge is a specialist in sixteenth and seventeenth-century religious history. His interests include witchcraft and the Devil, the supernatural, and the religious context of the English Civil Wars. A recurring theme of his work is the rationality underpinning apparently strange beliefs: this is reflected, most recently, in the new edition of Strange Histories (Routledge: 2017). More broadly, he is interested in the relationship between poetry and film and the past.

At present he is writing a book on early modern English demonology and editing the fourth edition of The Witchcraft Reader, to be published by Routledge in 2025 and 2028 respectively.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evesham/why-did-people-believe-in-witchcraft-a-talk-by-professor-darren-oldridge/200029433290556
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Evesham
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Fleece Inn, The Cross, Bretforton,, WR11 7JE Evesham, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 52.09228
- **long**: -1.86549
- **full address**: The Fleece Inn, The Cross, Bretforton,, WR11 7JE Evesham, United Kingdom, The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, The Cross, Evesham, WR11 7JE, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 13 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Fleece Inn, The Cross, Bretforton,, WR11 7JE Evesham, United Kingdom, The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, The Cross, Evesham, WR11 7JE, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Fleece Inn, Bretforton
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment
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