The witches of Fife: witch-hunting in a Scottish shire, 1560 - 1710
"Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Still the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one sits by the harbour watching the fishing boats unload t...
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East Linton, Scotland
Tuckwell Press
2002
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. in Great Britain |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Still the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one sits by the harbour 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?" "The task of the historian is to try to make events in the past come alive and seem less strange. This is particularly true in the case of the historian dealing with the witch-hunt. The details are fascinating. Some of the anecdotes are strange. The modern reader finds it hard to imagine illness being blamed on the malevolence of a beggar women denied charity. It is difficult to understand the economic failure of a sea voyage being attributed to the village hag, not bad weather." "Witch-hunting was related to ideas, values, attitudes and political events. It was a complicated process, involving religious and civil authorities, village tensions and the fears of the elite. The witch-hunt in Scotland also took place at a time when one of the main agendas was the creation of a righteous or godly society. As a result, religious authorities had control over aspects of the lives of the people which seem every bit as strange to us today as might any beliefs about magic or witchcraft. That the witch-hunt in Scotland, and specifically in Fife, should have happened at this time was not accidental. This book tells the story of what occurred over a period of a century and a half, and offers some explanation as to why it occurred."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 240 p. maps : 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1862321469 |
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| spelling | Macdonald, Stuart Verfasser aut The witches of Fife witch-hunting in a Scottish shire, 1560 - 1710 Stuart Macdonald 1. publ. in Great Britain East Linton, Scotland Tuckwell Press 2002 xiii, 240 p. maps : 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Still the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one sits by the harbour 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?" "The task of the historian is to try to make events in the past come alive and seem less strange. This is particularly true in the case of the historian dealing with the witch-hunt. The details are fascinating. Some of the anecdotes are strange. The modern reader finds it hard to imagine illness being blamed on the malevolence of a beggar women denied charity. It is difficult to understand the economic failure of a sea voyage being attributed to the village hag, not bad weather." "Witch-hunting was related to ideas, values, attitudes and political events. It was a complicated process, involving religious and civil authorities, village tensions and the fears of the elite. The witch-hunt in Scotland also took place at a time when one of the main agendas was the creation of a righteous or godly society. As a result, religious authorities had control over aspects of the lives of the people which seem every bit as strange to us today as might any beliefs about magic or witchcraft. That the witch-hunt in Scotland, and specifically in Fife, should have happened at this time was not accidental. This book tells the story of what occurred over a period of a century and a half, and offers some explanation as to why it occurred."--BOOK JACKET. Geschichte 1560-1710 gnd rswk-swf Heksenvervolgingen gtt Geschichte Trials (Witchcraft) Scotland Fife History Witch hunting Scotland Fife History Hexenverfolgung (DE-588)4113908-2 gnd rswk-swf Schottland Fife (DE-588)4217066-7 gnd rswk-swf Schottland (DE-588)4053233-1 gnd rswk-swf Fife (DE-588)4217066-7 g Hexenverfolgung (DE-588)4113908-2 s Geschichte 1560-1710 z DE-604 Schottland (DE-588)4053233-1 g |
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| title | The witches of Fife witch-hunting in a Scottish shire, 1560 - 1710 |
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