Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters [electronic resource] /
Goodare, J.editor.
This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an overview of the main issues of live interest in Scottish witchcraft. As well as fresh studies of the well-established topic of witch-hunting, the book also launches an exploration of some of the more esoteric aspects of magical belief and practice.
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Cover; Contents; List of Maps, Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Scotland's First Witch-Hunt: The Eastern Witch-Hunt of 1568-1569; 2 The Countess of Angus's Escape from the North Berwick Witch-Hunt; 3 Exporting the Devil across the North Sea: John Cunningham and the Finnmark Witch-Hunt; 4 The Witch, the Household and the Community: Isobel Young in East Barns, 1580-1629; 5 Witch-Hunting in Scotland, 1649-1650; 6 Reputation and Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century Dalkeith
7 Outside In or Inside Out: Sleep Paralysis and Scottish Witchcraft8 'We mey shoot them dead at our pleasur': Isobel Gowdie, Elf Arrows and Dark Shamanism; 9 Flying Witches in Scotland; 10 The Urban Geography of Witch-Hunting in Scotland; 11 Executing Scottish Witches; 12 Decline and Survival in Scottish Witch-Hunting, 1701-1727; Bibliography of Scottish Witchcraft; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an overview of the main issues of live interest in Scottish witchcraft. As well as fresh studies of the well-established topic of witch-hunting, the book also launches an exploration of some of the more esoteric aspects of magical belief and practice.
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