Scottish witches and witch-hunters
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Scottish witches and witch-hunters
(Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- : hbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-245) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Julian Goodare 1. Scotland's First Witch-Hunt: The Eastern Witch-Hunt of 1568-1569
- Michael Wasser 2. The Countess of Angus's Escape from the North Berwick Witch-Hunt
- Victoria Carr 3. Exporting the Devil across the North Sea: John Cunningham and the Finnmark Witch-Hunt
- Liv Helene Willumsen 4. The Witch, the Household and the Community: Isobel Young in East Barns, 1580-1629
- Lauren Martin 5. Reputation and Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century Dalkeith
- Anna Cordey 6. Witch-Hunting in Scotland, 1649-1650
- Paula Hughes 7. Outside In or Inside Out: Sleep Paralysis and Scottish Witchcraft
- Margaret Dudley & Julian Goodare 8. 'We Mey Shoot Them Dead at Our Pleasur': Isobel Gowdie, Elf-Arrows and Dark Shamanism
- Emma Wilby 9. Flying Witches in Scotland
- Julian Goodare 10. The Urban Geography of Witch-Hunting in Scotland
- Alistair Henderson 11. Executing Scottish Witches
- Laura Paterson 12. Decline and Survival in Scottish Witch-Hunting, 1701-1727
- Alexandra Hill Bibliography of Scottish Witchcraft
- Julian Goodare Index
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