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The Science of Ghosts: how it went, part 3
OK, I may as well get on with the review I guess! Next up was The Haunted: A social history of ghosts by Professor Owen Davies. This moved form the science of ghosts to the history and cultural construction of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Paranormal, Religion, Science, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged ANTIX, Becky Smith, black monks, Chaffin Will Case, child ghosts, David Sivier, disabled ghosts, Family & Children's history, ground mist as ghost, Hamlet, Harry Martindale, infant mortality, Most Haunted, naked ghosts, Pauline Epistles, perfected body, Phil Whyman, pointing ghosts, Professor Owen Davies, Purgatory, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Roman ghosts, teaching of Romans as history in the uK, teleological ghosts, The Haunted: A social history of ghosts, Treasurer's House, York
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