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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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Goodare, Julian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [United Kingdom] ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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.