The Scottish Witch Hunt In Context

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The Scottish Witch Hunt In Context

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Author : Julian Goodare
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2002-09-21

The Scottish Witch Hunt In Context written by Julian Goodare and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-21 with History categories.

This book is a collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft and witch-hunting, which covers the whole period of the Scottish witch-hunt, from the mid-16th century to the early 18th. It particularly emphasizes the later stages, since scholars are now as keen to explain why witch-hunting declined as why it occurred. There are studies of particular witchcraft panics, including a reassessment of the role of King James VI. The book thus covers a wide range of topics concerned with Scottish witch-hunting - and also places it in the context of other topics: gender relations, folklore, magic and healing, and moral regulation by church and state.

Witchcraft In Early Modern Scotland

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Author : Lawrence Normand
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-23

Witchcraft In Early Modern Scotland written by Lawrence Normand and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-23 with History categories.

This volume provides a valuable introduction to the key concepts of witchcraft and demonology through a detailed study of one of the best known and most notorious episodes of Scottish history, the North Berwick witch hunt, in which King James was involved as alleged victim, interrogator, judge and demonologist. It provides hitherto unpublished and inaccessible material from the legal documentation of the trials in a way that makes the material fully comprehensible, as well as full texts of the pamphlet News from Scotland and James' Demonology, all in a readable, modernised, scholarly form. Full introductory sections and supporting notes provide information about the contexts needed to understand the texts: court politics, social history and culture, religious changes, law and the workings of the court, and the history of witchcraft prosecutions in Scotland before 1590. The book also brings to bear on this material current scholarship on the history of European witchcraft.

The Drier Ye Are The Better Ye Ll Burn

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Author : Mary Craig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920-05-15

The Drier Ye Are The Better Ye Ll Burn written by Mary Craig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920-05-15 with categories.

The book provides an overview and analysis of the witch trials in the Scottish Borders in the 17th century. The 17th century was a time of upheaval in Scottish and British history, with a civil war, the abolition of the monarchy, the plague and the reformation all influencing the social context at the time. This book explores the social, political, geographical, religious and legal structures that led to the increased amount of witch trials and executions in the Scottish Borders. As well as looking at specific trials the book also explores the role of women, both as accuser and as accused.

The Witches Of Fife

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Author : Stuart Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: John Donald
Release Date : 2002

The Witches Of Fife written by Stuart Macdonald and has been published by John Donald this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.

Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, historical markers and pamphlets now include the fact that some women were executed as witches within these burghs. Still the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched in the harbour is hard to grasp as one sits in the harbour of Pittenweem watching the fishing boats unload their catch and the pleasure boats rising with the tide. How could people do this to an old woman? Why was no-one ever brought to justice? And why would anyone defend such a lynching?

A Source Book Of Scottish Witchcraft

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Author : Christina Larner
language : en
Publisher: Zeticula
Release Date : 2005

A Source Book Of Scottish Witchcraft written by Christina Larner and has been published by Zeticula this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

First published in 1977 and now reprinted in its original form, A Source-book of Scottish Witchcraft has been the most authoritative reference book on Scottish Witchcraft for almost thirty years. It has been invaluable to the specialist scholar and of interest to the general reader. It provides, but provides much more than, a series of lists of the 'names and addresses' of long-dead witches. However, although it is widely quoted and held in high esteem, few copies were ever printed and most are owned by libraries or similar institutions. Until now, it has been difficult to obtain and even more difficult to buy. In 1938, George F. Black, a Scotsman who was in charge of New York Public Library, published A Calendar of Cases of Witchcraft in Scotland 1510-1727. This was a fairly comprehensive compilation of brief accounts of references, in printed sources, to Scottish witchcraft cases. The Source-book built upon this study but went beyond it by including, through an examination of actual ancient manuscripts, information on previously unpublished cases. It also presented the material in a more systematic way in relation, where known, to the names of the accused witches, their sex, their fate, the place of the case, its date and the type of court that dealt with it. Some such information is presented in the form of tables. Transcriptions of documents pertaining to witchcraft trials- such as examples of the evidence of supposed witnesses, and other salient legal documents - including, for instance, an ancient account of when and why the testimony of female witnesses might be legally acceptable in Scottish courts - are also presented.

Scottish Witches And Witch Hunters

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Author : J. Goodare
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-10-31

Scottish Witches And Witch Hunters written by J. Goodare and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with History categories.

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.

Enemies Of God

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Author : Christina Larner
language : en
Publisher: John Donald Publishers
Release Date : 2000

Enemies Of God written by Christina Larner and has been published by John Donald Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Trials (Witchcraft) categories.

For many years the European witch craze of the 16th and 17th centuries was considered a subject of almost bad taste to study. Then came World War II and a genocide which was the greatest convulsion of evil the world had ever seen. Scholars realized that the witch cult was still with us.

Caliban And The Witch

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Author : Silvia Federici
language : en
Publisher: Autonomedia
Release Date : 2004

Caliban And The Witch written by Silvia Federici and has been published by Autonomedia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.

"Women, the body and primitive accumulation"--Cover.

The Malleus Maleficarum And The Construction Of Witchcraft

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Author : Hans Peter Broedel
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2003

The Malleus Maleficarum And The Construction Of Witchcraft written by Hans Peter Broedel and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were new questions, without answers hallowed by time and authority. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned "witch-theorists" attempted to provide the answers, and of these perhaps the most famous are the Dominican inquisitors Heinrich Institoris and Jacob Sprenger, the authors of the Malleus Maleficarum, The Hammer of Witches. This, the first book-length study of the Malleus in English, provides students and scholars with an introduction to this text and to the conceptual world of its authors. Ultimately, this book argues that although the Malleus was a highly idiosyncratic text, with a view of witches very different from that of competing authors, its arguments were powerfully compelling and so remained influential long after alternatives were forgotten.