WITCHCRAFT AND BELIEF IN EARLY MODERN SCOTLAND
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 264 pp., Index, Figures & Tables. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Note: This title is In Print for $119.99 US. Fine. Item #312771
¶ 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.
Table of contents
Introduction
Julian Goodare, Joyce Miller
Scottish Witchcraft in its European Context
Julian Goodare
Some Findings from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft
Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller
Witch Persecution and Folk Belief in Lowland Scotland: The Devil’s Decade
Edward J. Cowan
Witch-Hunting and Witch Belief in the Gàidhealtachd
Lizanne Henderson
Scottish Witchcraft Panics Re-examined
Lauren Martin
Men in Black: Appearances of the Devil in Early Modern Scottish Witchcraft Discourse
Joyce Miller
Demonic Possession in Early Modern Scotland
Brian P. Levack
A Comparative Perspective on Scottish Cunning-Folk and Charmers
Owen Davies
The Mechanical World-View and the Decline of Witch Beliefs in Scotland
Michael Wasser
‘Charms against Witchcraft’: Magic and Mischief in Museum Collections
Hugh Cheape.
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