Willem de Blécourt (full name: Wilhelmus Jacobus Christiaan de Blécourt) (born 29 December 1951) is a Dutch historical anthropologist specialising in the study of witchcraft and folk magic in Europe from the Late Middle Ages to the 20th century. An Honorary Research Fellow at both the Huizinga Institute and the Meertens Institute, Amsterdam, de Blécourt is also a prolific author, having edited several books on the subject. As of 2024, Willem has transitioned and is now known as Yseult de Blécourt (full name: Monique Alwyne Yseult de Blécourt).
Bibliography
Monographs + Title Year Publisher ISBN+ Termen van toverij. De veranderende betekenis van toverij in Noordoost-Nederland tussen de 16de en 20ste eeuw 1990 SUN 90-6168-321-1 Het Amazonenleger. Irreguliere genezeressen in Nederland, 1850-1930 1999 Amsterdam University Press 90-5356-394-6Tales of Magic, Tales in Print. On the Genealogy of Fairy Tales and the Brothers Grimm 2012 Manchester University Press 978-0-7190-83792
Edited volumes + Title Year Publisher ISBN Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine: Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe 2004 Palgrave Macmillan 978-1-4039-1569-6 Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe 2004 Manchester University Press 978-0-7190-6660-3 Witchcraft Continued: Popular Magic in Modern Europe 2004 Manchester University Press 978-0-7190-6658-0 Sisters of Subversion: Histories of Women, Tales of Gender 2008 AMB Press 978-90-79700-011Werewolf Histories2015Palgrave Macmillan978-1-137-52633-5
External links Website Willem de Blécourt