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Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the ...

Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the ...

Davies Owen

3 For a thorough account of cunning-folk in this period see Owen Davies, Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History (London, 2003); Owen Davies, Witchcraft, magic and culture 1736–1951 (Manchester, 1999), pp. 214–29; Owen Davies, ...
Recollections of the Rev. Griffith Davies Owen, of ...

Recollections of the Rev. Griffith Davies Owen, of ...

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CHAPTER I. MR. OWEN'S EARLY HISTORY. THE REv. GRIFFITH DAVIES Owen was the second surviving son of the late Thomas and Benedicta Davies Owen, and born on Sunday the 24th day of January, 1790, at Llanrwst, in Denbighshire.
The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West: ...

The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West: ...

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Davies, Owen. A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in NineteenthCentury Somerset. Bruton, 1999. Davies,Owen. Witchcraft, Magicand Culture, 1736–1951 . Manchester: ManchesterUniversity Press, 1999. Davies, Owen. CunningFolk: ...
Witchcraft, Magic and Culture, 1736-1951

Witchcraft, Magic and Culture, 1736-1951

Owen Davies

Owen Davies here traces the history of witchcraft and magic from 1736 to 1951, when the passing of the Fraudulent Mediums Act finally erased the concept of witchcraft from the statute books.
The Beatles and Wales

The Beatles and Wales

David Jones

ALUN OWEN Often incorrectly reported as hailing from Gwynedd, Alun Davies Owen was in fact born in Liverpool, 24 November 1925, of Welsh speaking parents. Educated at Cardigan County School, Owen worked briefly as a miner in South ...
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Inc. town, 1854; city, 1957. Pop. (1994 est.) 20,132. Owen (Welsh name): see under Owain, except as below. Owen, Alun, in full alun davies owen (b. Nov. 24, 1925, Liverpool, Eng. — d. Dec. 6, 1994), Welsh dramatist for radio, television, ...
The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen

The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

For most readers of English poetry, the face under the helmet is that of Wilfred Owen. EARLY YEARS Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was born in Oswestry on t8 March 1893. His parents were then living in a spacious and comfortable house ...
Michael Owen: My Story

Michael Owen: My Story

Michael Owen

Around this time, the first of a lifetime of mentions of the footballer Michael Owen got aired in the media. 'Meet the Michael Owen who wants to play for Wales' was theheadline in Wales on Sunday. As a Liverpool fan,Iknew all about Michael ...
Archaeologia Cambrensis

Archaeologia Cambrensis

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Morys ap Howel ap Tudr. Morys Ddwyfoch. Morys ap Willi Lloyd, o F6n. Morys ap Evan Einion. Morys Berwyn. Mathew Owen o Sir Feirion. O. Owain o waed da. Owen ap LI" Moel o'r Pantri. Owen ap Jo" ap R: Prydydd y Moch. Owen Gwynedd.
America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem

America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem

Owen Davies

This is therefore much more than the tale of one persecuted community: it opens a fascinating window on the fears, prejudices, hopes, and dreams of the American people as their country rose from colony to superpower.
A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in ...

A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in ...

Owen Davies

The belief in witchcraft and magic was widespread in nineteenth-century Somerset.
Embroidered Knot Gardens

Embroidered Knot Gardens

Owen Davies

Specialist techniques and simple instructions combine in this practical guide that inspires the reader to create their own textured, three-dimensional designs on canvas" -- publisher website (November 2006).
Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the ...

Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the ...

Davies Owen

This book shows how beliefs dismissed by some Victorians as ‘medieval superstitions’ continued to influence the thoughts and actions of many people, viz most famously Conan `table tapper' Doyle.
The Poems of Wilfred Owen

The Poems of Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

This volume contains all of Owen's best known work, only four of which were published in his lifetime.
Bleed on the Sky

Bleed on the Sky

David Haywood Young

He's made a deal with Viktor, but is Sheldon Anderson—the current CEO—aware that Owen's coming in? If so, does he like the idea? Whatever. Owen's not going to call Viktor up and ask the old man to hold his hand this morning. Owen heads ...
Seneca's Faith

Seneca's Faith

Abigail Owen

Praise for Abigail Owen “ANDROMEDA'S FALL is one book that you need to have mappedout time to read because it will not let you put it down...[Y]ou will be enthralled.” ~Fresh Fiction ~*~ “Abigail Owen's ability to spin a tale captivated me  ...
The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen

The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

This definitive edition of Owen's poetry, based on a close study of the ms. sources in the British Museum and elsewhere, contains a selection of the poet's juvenilia and several other unpublished poems, as well as those which have appeared ...
Grimoires: A History of Magic Books

Grimoires: A History of Magic Books

Owen Davies

As this book richly demonstrates, the history of grimoires illuminates many of the most important developments in European history over the last two thousand years.
Grimoires: A History of Magic Books

Grimoires: A History of Magic Books

Owen Davies

As this book richly demonstrates, the history of grimoires illuminates many of the most important developments in European history over the last two thousand years.
The Ohio Journal of Science

The Ohio Journal of Science

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OWEN, Richard. 1804-1892. Owen, R. The Life of Richard Owen. 2 vols., Murray, London, 1894. — The letters and journals of the great English 19th Century anatomist and vertebrate paleontologist, celebrated for his deductions from ...
A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist

A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist

Robertson Davies

We would like to thank our readers, Miranda Davies, Rosamond Bailey, James Neufeld, Judith Skelton Grant and John Grant, and to acknowledge the support and enthusiasm from our publisher, Doug Pepper, and our editor, Jenny Bradshaw, ...
Magic: A Very Short Introduction

Magic: A Very Short Introduction

Owen Davies

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Paganism: A Very Short Introduction

Paganism: A Very Short Introduction

Owen Davies

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
A Conrad Chronology

A Conrad Chronology

O. Knowles

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, 9 vols (Cambridge, 1983–2007), General Editors Frederick R. Karl and Laurence Davies, with Owen Knowles, Gene M. Moore and J. H. Stape, have naturally proved to be an invaluable source for ...
Czech and Central European Yearbook of Arbitration 2011: The ...

Czech and Central European Yearbook of Arbitration 2011: The ...

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If a bargained-for 13 Owen Fiss, supra note 3, at 10. 14 Owen Fiss, supra note 7, at 1280. 15 Owen Fiss, supra note 1, at 1085. 16 Ibid., 1086. 17 Owen Fiss, supra note 7, at 1277. 18 Ibid., 1275. 19 Ibid. 20 H. Lee Sarokin,Justice Rushed is ...
Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History

Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History

Owen Davies

Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community, cunning-folk were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers.
Oxford Books: Oxford literature, 1651-1680. 1931

Oxford Books: Oxford literature, 1651-1680. 1931

Falconer Madan

Dr. Owen's voluminous writing in tbis year and 1659 " par'ty accounted for by his having been relieved of the office of ... Owen, Mathew. Carol o gyngor, yn galennig ir Cymru. 1 658. [at end : — 1 ' Mathew Owen ai Cant ' Impr. 388 ([pr. by L. or ...

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