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Witch-hunting in Scotland : law, politics and religion

Levack, Brian P.2008
Books, Manuscripts
Combines broad interpretations of the rise and fall of Scottish witchcraft prosecutions with detailed casestudies of specific witch-hunts. This is for anyone with an interest in witchcraft or in the political, legal and religious history of the early modern period.
Imprint:
London Routledge 2008
Collation:
217 p.
Contents:
Witch-hunting in Scotland and EnglandWitchcraft and the law in early modern ScotlandKing James VI and witchcraftWitch-hunting in revolutionary BritainThe great Scottish witch-hunt of 1661-1662Absolutism, state-building, and witchcraftDemonic possession and witch-hunting in ScotlandThe decline and end of Scottish witch-huntingWitch-hunting and witch-murder in early eighteenth-century Scotland
ISBN:
9780415399432 (pbk)
Dewey class:
133.43 WIT
Local class:
133.43
Language:
English
BRN:
72684
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithNonfiction133.43 WITAvailable
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