FIRST WITCHES (HB)

In 1324, in Ireland's second biggest town, a web of ideas spread as malicious gossip. Dame Alicia Kyteler and 11 other women came under the suspicion of the local bishop; one of the accused, Petronilla de Midia, would be burnt at the stake for crimes against the church. This is a story that starts in Kilkenny and transports us across medieval Europe, from the countryside to the papal court, to discover the making of the witch.