Protection and Punishment: Beliefs About Angels in Tudor and Stuart England

by Dr Laura Sangha
Botticini’s painting of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary depicts the angelic hierarchy. Detail from Francesco Bottincini’s L'elezione della Vergine. The National Gallery, London. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACoro_di_angeli_-_Francesco_Botticini.jpg

In Tudor and Stuart England, angels were believed to deliver messages, protect the godly, carry souls to heaven, punish sinners, and carry out God’s will.

Passing Through & Under: A Ritual Healing in England

by Sue McDowall
https://pixabay.com/photos/tree-trunks-trees-rock-cleft-rock-167479/

Until the 20th century, the inadequacies of orthodox medical services left a large proportion of the population dependent upon traditional folk medicine – essentially a mixture of common sense remedies based on the accumulated experience of nursing and midwifery, combined with inherited lore about the healing properties of plants.

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