Scottish witches and witch-hunters / edited by Julian Goodare, Reader in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh, UK.
"Bringing together twelve studies, this book provides an overview of the key issues of on-going interest in the study of Scottish witchcraft. The authors tackle various aspects of the question of witches; considering how people came to be considered 'witches', with new insights into t...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [United Kingdom] ; New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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Series: | Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.