Join folklorist Juliette Wood in conversation with Jan Machielsen about his new book The Basque Witch-Hunt: A Secret HistoryAbout this Event
Join us for an evening at the Witches' Sabbat...
Find out the real story behind one of the most notorious witch panics in history - as folklorist Juliette Wood and historian Jan Machielsen delve into the hidden history of the Basque Witch-Hunt.
What were the Basque Witch-Hunts?
In summer 1609, a growing witchcraft panic was brewing in Pays Labourd, a remote and alien territory at the edge of France. Two judges from Bordeaux decided to travel there to investigate.
There, they heard extraordinary tales about devil-worshipping witches. Witnesses described lurid tales of cannibalism, vampirism, and demonic sex.
Accused witches fled into Spain, sowing further panic there. The Great Basque Witch-Hunt is one of Europe’s most notorious witch-hunts. In his brand new book Jan Machielsen shows what really happened.
Cyfrinachau Helfa-Wrachod Gwlad y Basg
Ymunwch mewn Saboth y Gwrachod...
Dewch i ddarganfod gwir hanes Helfa Wrachod Gwlad y Basg mewn digwyddiad arbennig, ble bydd Juliette Wood mewn sgwrs gyda Jan Machielsen, awdur llyfr newydd ar y pwnc.
Beth oedd Helfa Wrachod Gwlad y Basg
Yng nghanol haf 1609, roedd panig am wrachyddiaeth yn tyfu yn y Pays Labourd, ardal ddiarffordd yn Ffrainc. Penderfynodd dau farnwr o Bordeaux deithio i ymchwilio'r hanesion.
Yno, fe glywson nhw straeon dwys am wrachod yn addoli'r diafol, gyda hanesion am ganibaliaeth, fampiraeeth a rhyw dieflig.
Dihangodd y rhai a gyhuddwyd i Sbaen, gan ledaenu panig ymhellach. Mae helfa wrachod Gwlad y Basg yn un o helfaoedd gwrachod enwocaf hanes Ewrop. Yn ei lyfr newydd sbon mae Jan Machielsen yn esbonio'r gwir hanes tu hwnt i'r panig.
Digwyddiad yn Saesneg.
Event Venue
Cardiff University Special Collections and Archives, Colum Drive, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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