The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context
The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context

Author: Julian Goodare

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2002-09-21

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780719060243

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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.

Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft, Volume 3
Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft, Volume 3

Author: Henry Charles Lea

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1512820598

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.