Francis Young
Francis Young is a UK-based historian and folklorist specialising in the history of religion and supernatural belief. He is the author of 14 books. His research interests include monasticism, saints, the history of magic and ritual (especially exorcism), early modern Catholicism, fairy belief, late medieval Ireland and the history of East Anglia (Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire). He is also a professional indexer, editor and translator specialising in medieval and early modern Latin. Francis was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and studied Philosophy at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Classics at University of Wales, Lampeter before receiving his doctorate in History from Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was Volumes Editor for the Catholic Record Society between 2015 and 2017. He spent several years as Head of Sixth Form at an English cathedral school. Two of his books have previously been shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award. Francis is a member of the Folklore Society, the Societas Magica, and the Society of Indexers.
