Possessed By the Devil

Dr ANDREW SNEDDON (BA Hons, MLitt, PhD, FHEA) is a lecturer in history at the University of Ulster. Originally from Scotland, Dr Sneddon pursued his post-graduate and post-doctoral research at the University of St Andrews, Lancaster University and Queen's University, Belfast. He has also worked as an archivist at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), and taught history at Queen's University, Belfast and Glasgow University. Dr Sneddon is the leading expert on the history of Irish witchcraft and magic and has published widely in leading, international academic journals, as well as edited collections, in the fields of British and Irish early modern social, medical and political history (c.1550-1800). In addition to presenting papers at academic conferences (both national and international), he gives talks to local community, heritage and educational groups, and is working with leading practitioners to turn his books into museum exhibitions, graphic novels, VR apps, and video games.

Praise for first edition:‘Possessed by the devil is erudite, accessible and very readable. Sneddon meticulously embeds his story in its wider British and European context as it unfolds, and brings a great deal of scholarship to bear on his tale … as both a very good read and a genuinely fascinating (and overdue) excursion into Irish cultural history, it can be highly recommended.’