Witchcraft And Belief In Early Modern Scotland
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Author |
: Lawrence Normand |
Publisher |
: Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages |
: 468 |
Release |
: 2022-03-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781802079302 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1802079300 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland by : Lawrence Normand
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 It provides hitherto unpublished and inaccessible material from the legal documentation of the trials in a way that makes the material fully comprehensible, as well as full texts of the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.
Author |
: Julian Goodare |
Publisher |
: Palgrave MacMillan |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2008-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000122412137 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Witchcraft and Belief in Early Modern Scotland by : Julian Goodare
This book is a collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft. Unlike most such works, it concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across areas of popular belief, culture, and ritual practice, as well as dealing with intellectual life and incorporating regional and comparative elements. The editors were members of the team responsible for the recently-completed Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, and the book incorporates a number of pioneering findings from this rich online resource.
Author |
: Julian Goodare |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2002-09-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0719060249 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780719060243 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context by : Julian Goodare
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.
Author |
: A. Rowlands |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2009-10-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230248373 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230248373 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe by : A. Rowlands
Men – as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed – are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The gendering of witch persecution and witchcraft belief is explored through original case-studies from England, Scotland, Italy, Germany and France.
Author |
: Julian Goodare |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2020-11-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 152613442X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781526134424 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (2X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland by : Julian Goodare
This book is about other worlds and the supernatural beings, from angels to fairies, that inhabited them. It is about divination, prophecy, visions and trances. And it is about the cultural, religious, political and social uses to which people in Scotland put these supernatural themes between 1500 and 1800. The supernatural consistently provided Scots with a way of understanding topics such as the natural environment, physical and emotional wellbeing, political events and visions of past and future. In exploring the early modern supernatural, the book has much to reveal about how men and women in this period thought about, debated and experienced the world around them. Comprising twelve chapters by an international range of scholars, The supernatural in early modern Scotland discusses both popular and elite understandings of the supernatural.
Author |
: Lizanne Henderson |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 2016-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137313249 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137313242 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment by : Lizanne Henderson
Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment represents the first in-depth investigation of Scottish witchcraft and witch belief post-1662, the period of supposed decline of such beliefs, an age which has been referred to as the 'long eighteenth century', coinciding with the Scottish Enlightenment. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were undoubtedly a period of transition and redefinition of what constituted the supernatural, at the interface between folk belief and the philosophies of the learned. For the latter the eradication of such beliefs equated with progress and civilization but for others, such as the devout, witch belief was a matter of faith, such that fear and dread of witches and their craft lasted well beyond the era of the major witch-hunts. This study seeks to illuminate the distinctiveness of the Scottish experience, to assess the impact of enlightenment thought upon witch belief, and to understand how these beliefs operated across all levels of Scottish society.
Author |
: Brian P. Levack |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 508 |
Release |
: 2013-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317875598 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317875591 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe by : Brian P. Levack
Between 1450 and 1750 thousands of people – most of them women – were accused, prosecuted and executed for the crime of witchcraft. The witch-hunt was not a single event; it comprised thousands of individual prosecutions, each shaped by the religious and social dimensions of the particular area as well as political and legal factors. Brian Levack sorts through the proliferation of theories to provide a coherent introduction to the subject, as well as contributing to the scholarly debate. The book: Examines why witchcraft prosecutions took place, how many trials and victims there were, and why witch-hunting eventually came to an end. Explores the beliefs of both educated and illiterate people regarding witchcraft. Uses regional and local studies to give a more detailed analysis of the chronological and geographical distribution of witch-trials. Emphasises the legal context of witchcraft prosecutions. Illuminates the social, economic and political history of early modern Europe, and in particular the position of women within it. In this fully updated third edition of his exceptional study, Levack incorporates the vast amount of literature that has emerged since the last edition. He substantially extends his consideration of the decline of the witch-hunt and goes further in his exploration of witch-hunting after the trials, especially in contemporary Africa. New illustrations vividly depict beliefs about witchcraft in early modern Europe.
Author |
: Joyce Miller |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000116703095 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Magic and Witchcraft in Scotland by : Joyce Miller
A fascinating examination into the belief and practice of magic by ordinary people in Scotland in the medieval and early modern period. The book explains not only what was done but, crucially, also why, with sections on healing rituals, use of wells
Author |
: J. Goodare |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 278 |
Release |
: 2007-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230591400 |
ISBN-13 |
: 023059140X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Witchcraft and belief in Early Modern Scotland by : J. Goodare
This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across areas of popular belief, culture and ritual practice, as well as dealing with intellectual life and incorporating regional and comparative elements.
Author |
: J. Goodare |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2013-10-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137355942 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137355948 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters by : J. Goodare
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.