Evening Talk: Witchcraft, Necromancy, Politics -Eleanor Cobham’s 1441 Trial
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The trial of Eleanor Cobham and her co-conspirators for occult crimes is a window onto several aspects of late medieval culture. Eleanor Cobham (c. 1400 - 1452), second wife of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, was put on trial in 1441. Eleanor was accused along with three other people, Thomas Southwell, Roger Bolingbroke and Margery Jourdemayne, of plotting to harm the King, Henry VI, by occult methods. Humphrey was…
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