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Examination of the role of and belief in fairies during the early modern period. Discussion of literature and events surrounding this belief in fairies, how it was taken advantage of, and specifically how it was linked to the discourse surrounding witchcraft. Prepared for the special subject module: Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe.
Bibliography for essay: Were the fairies of literary culture and those of folk belief the same creatures in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Prepared for the special subject module: Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe.