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Frontispiece from Matthew Hopkins's The Discovery of Witches (1647), showing witches identifying their familiar spirits. Following the Lancaster Witch Trials (1612–1634), William Harvey, physician to King Charles I of England, had been ordered to examine the four women accused, [29] and from this there came a requirement to have material proof of being a witch. [30]
A Discovery of Witches is a 2011 historical-fantasy novel and the debut novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness.It follows Diana Bishop, a history of science professor at Yale University, as she embraces her magical blood after finding a long-thought-lost manuscript and engages in a forbidden romance with a charming vampire, Matthew Clairmont.
Matthew Hopkins (ca. 1620–1647) was an English witchhunter whose career flourished during the time of the English Civil War. Between 1644 and 1645, Hopkins and his associates were responsible for the deaths of more accused witches than had been executed in the previous 100 years.
Diana and Matthew are still happily married, raising their twins. The book begins, however, when they "receive a formal demand from the Congregation: They must test the magic of their seven-year ...
A Discovery of Witches, the first book in the All Souls Trilogy, serves as the basis for season one of the TV show. In the book, Diana, a historian who is the daughter of witches, discovers a long ...
Diana and Matthew are ready to go home.A Discovery of Witches wraps up its second season this weekend with a finale that has the couple reaching the end of their time in Elizabethan England. In ...
A Discovery of Witches is a British fantasy television series based on the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness, named after the first book in the trilogy. Produced by Bad Wolf and Sky Studios, it stars Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode as a witch and a vampire who must learn about and fend off magical creatures.
British vampire romance A Discovery of Witches, based on Deborah Harkness' All Souls trilogy, travels Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) back in time to Elizabethan England for ...