Obligatory Hallowe'en post...
Online Open Courses-
Magic in the Middle Ages
(I took this and it's quite interesting)
Videos-
Science, Magic and Religion- From Antiquity to Today
Blogs, Encyclopedia Entries and Articles-
How Witch's Brews Helped Bring Modern Drugs to Market- Smithsonian Mag
Astrology and medicine in the Middle Ages
John Dee's Crystal
Herbalism in the Middle Ages- Wikipedia
Medieval magical plants from the Cloisters Gardens, NYC
Digitized Books (primary sources, mostly in Latin AND fairly illegible, but still cool to look at)-
Names of the Witches in Scotland- digitized book
A 15th Century book on Alchemy
A 16th Century book on Alchemy- digitized
A 17th Century book on Alchemy
An 18th Century book on Alchemy- digitized
An Alchemical and Herbal Miscellany- 1500
A Search of the Wellcome Library digitized manuscripts for 'Alchemy' and 'Online'
Frier Bacon, his discovery of the miracles of art, nature and magic, faithfully translated out of Dr. Dees own copy- 1659
The Herball, or General historie of plantes- 1636
Pictures-
The Herb Room- Heidelberg Castle
The Cloisters medieval garden
And because I love, love, love books-
100 Must-read books about Witches- BookRiot
Fiction books about herbalists
Presentation on the depiction of women herbalists in fiction/fantasy
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