Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland

Informationen zum Autor Julian Goodare is Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh Klappentext This book is a collection of chapters on supernatural belief and practice in Scotland between 1500 and 1800. It deals with elite culture - from political prophecy to astrology, theology and poetic visions. And it deals with popular culture - from trances and visionary encounters with ghosts and fairies, to folkloric angels and Second Sight. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Exploring the supernatural in early modern Scotland - Julian Goodare and Martha McGill 2 The elrich poems: the supernatural and the textual - Janet Hadley Williams3 Emotional relationships with spirit-guides in early modern Scotland - Julian Goodare4 Experiencing the invisible polity: trance in early modern Scotland - Georgie Blears5 The ninety-nine dancers of Moaness: Orkney women between the visible and invisible - Liv Helene Willumsen6 Angels in early modern Scotland - Martha McGill7 Scottish political prophecies and the crowns of Britain, 1500-1840 - Michael B. Riordan8 Astrology and supernatural power in early modern Scotland - Jane Ridder-Patrick9 Fallen spirits and divine grace: sermons and the supernatural in post-Reformation Scotland - Michelle D. Brock10 The uses of providence in early modern Scotland - Martha McGill and Alasdair Raffe11 The invention of Highland Second Sight - Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart12 The pagan supernatural in the Scottish Enlightenment - Felicity Loughlin13 Eighteenth-century Scotland and the visionary supernatural - Hamish MathisonIndex

Product details

• Authors: Julian Mcgill Goodare
• Assisted by: Julian Goodare (Editor), Goodare Julian (Editor), Martha McGill (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781526134424
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3442-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Witchcraft, RELIGION / Wicca, Scotland, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards