Witch-hunting in Scotland
Subtitle: law, politics, and religion
By: Brian P. Levack.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415399425; 9780415399432
Subjects: Witchcraft -- Scotland; Witchcraft -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Witch-hunting in Scotland and England; title: Witchcraft and the law in early modern Scotland; title: King James VI and witchcraft; title: Witch-hunting in revolutionary Britain; title: The great Scottish witch-hunt of 1661-1662; title: Absolutism, state-building, and witchcraft; title: Demonic possession and witch-hunting in Scotland; title: The decline and end of Scottish witch-hunting; title: Witch-hunting and witch-murder in early eighteenth-century Scotland.