Witch-Hunting in Scotland - Law, Politics and Religion

Zusatztext ‘Brian Levack has once again produced an eminently readable and accessible book on witch-hunting which will be a boon to all who teach the subject’ – Journal of Ecclesiastical History Informationen zum Autor Brian P. Levack is the John Green Regents Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin. His publications on the history of witchcraft include The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (3rd ed., 2006), The Witchcraft Sourcebook (2004) and Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1999). Klappentext Witch-Hunting in Scotland presents a fresh perspective on the trial and execution of the hundreds of women and men prosecuted for the crime of witchcraft in Scotland. Zusammenfassung Witch-Hunting in Scotland presents a fresh perspective on the trial and execution of the hundreds of women and men prosecuted for the crime of witchcraft in Scotland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Witch-Hunting in Scotland and England 2. Witchcraft and the Law in Early Modern Scotland 3. King James VI and Witchcraft 4. Witch-Hunting in Revolutionary Britain 5. The Great Scottish Witch-Hunt of 1661–1662 6. Absolutism, State-Building, and Witchcraft 7. Demonic Possession and Witch-Hunting in Scotland 8. The Decline and End of Scottish Witch-Hunting 9. Witch-Hunting and Witch-Murder in Early Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Product details

• Authors: Brian Levack, Brian P. Levack, Brian P. (University of Texas Levack, LEVACK BRIAN
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415399425
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39942-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Witchcraft, RELIGION / Wicca, Scotland, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history