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In her Newberry Library course, Kay Daly examines the depiction of witches onstage, from the 17th century to the present.

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That text was spread throughout the Western world thanks to the newly invented printing press.

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This myth was promoted by the Egyptologist Margaret Murray in the early 20th century and was then debunked by the historian C. L'Estrange Ewen almost as soon as it appeared. It was founded on a ...