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"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"--

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Scottish Witches and Witch Hunters
  • Author : Julian Goodare
  • Release : 28 June 2024
  • Publisher : Unknown
  • ISBN : 1403995672
  • Genre : HISTORY
  • Total Page : 258 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 20,9 Mb

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