Lisa Bitel

historian, novelist, medievalist, Celticist, drummer, gardener

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

@DebHarkness @iamjulietdiaz that is a very satisfying day.

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

@DebHarkness @PSETalk Marooned! I see a thriller coming...

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

@kidisalright @ExploreWellcome Discover artworks that will haunt you from @AshmoleanMuseum this #Halloween 🎃😱

https://t.co/0c91HlXrCN

[Stonehenge U.K @ST0NEHENGE]

LOST PROPERTY: Found at Stonehenge today - 1 Witches Broomstick. 🧹Contact admin for details #Halloween #Samhain 🧙‍♀️👻🎃

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

Besides Samhain, this is the feast day of St #Notburga, #patronsaint of #Farmers and field workers. Her legend implies that her very presence brought health and prosperity--she was, after all, a housekeeper.
She should be patroness of vegan fast-food. #saintsupply

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

On this #Halloween night in 1839, Annie was stolen by the fairies outside #Carndonagh #Donegal Be careful out tonight 🎃 #Samhain @DonegalDaily @highlandradio @donaghca @MythsFolklore @duchas_ie @ECMFCM @barrabest @CarraigFinn @DaithiThe @HeritageHubIRE @OxMuseumService

[David Petts @DavidPetts1]

Today is the 505th anniversary of the day Martin Luther nailed 95 testes to a church door in Witternberg

[Vox Hiberionacum @VoxHib]

No.

[Dr Deborah Harkness (PhD, LHD) @DebHarkness]

Thanks @USCDornsife for hosting this witchy between three members of the @USCHistory faculty. @lisabitel and @PeterMancall were, as ever, such learned & wise interlocutors. And thank you to those who spent the hour with us. Will post link to recording when available #Halloween

[USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @USCDornsife]

At times revered and others persecuted, the history of witchcraft spans centuries and global cultures 🧙‍♀️🧹

Join the discussion with @USCHistory's @DebHarkness, @lisabitel and @PeterMancall for a virtual event on Halloween 🎃

RSVP: https://t.co/acjaBmCS99

#DornsifeDialogues

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

My adorable children—so full of promise and stories

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

@DebHarkness @TheHuntington @develyn425t Gorgeously atmospheric pic - did you lure out Arabella Huntington?

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

@VoxHib Folks make up religions and we can't stop them. Then what do we do besides ragging on them?

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

@VoxHib Kind of snarky superior, no?

[Sundance Now @sundance_now]

Let's #BeReal Matthew, you have nothing to worry about 🙂

#ADiscoveryofWitches

[Action Network @ActionNetworkHQ]

Rally goose? Rally duck?

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

Nice graphic. Yah.

[USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences @USCDornsife]

At times revered and others persecuted, the history of witchcraft spans centuries and global cultures 🧙‍♀️🧹

Join the discussion with @USCHistory's @DebHarkness, @lisabitel and @PeterMancall for a virtual event on Halloween 🎃

RSVP: https://t.co/acjaBmCS99

#DornsifeDialogues

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

#Saint Supply:
Today is the Feast of St Gummarus of Lier (d. 774), a soldier and court administrator. His achievements seem to have been leaving a "shrewish" wife & helping set up a monastery with Saint Rumbold--except Rumbold died a century earlier. Patron of bad #marriages.

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

https://t.co/4PSp9790sf

[Lisa Bitel @lisabitel]

@DavidPetts1 Portal opened to the Otherworld?