Scottish witches and witch-hunters:

"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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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills ; Basingstoke; Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan 2013
Series:Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic
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Online Access:UBW01
Summary:"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 the centrality of neighbourhood quarrels and misfortune; and delving into folk belief and various acts of witchcraft. It also examines the practice of witch-hunting, the 'urban geography' of witch-hunting, Scotland's international witch-hunting connections and brings fresh insights to the much-studied North Berwick witchcraft panic. Reconstructions of the brutal and ceremonial punishments inflicted on 'witches' offers a gruesome but compelling reminder of the importance of the subject"..
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-245) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 258 Seiten) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781137355942

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