Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description:xii, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic.
Subject:Witches -- Scotland -- History.
Witch hunting -- Scotland -- History.
Witch hunting.
Witches.
Scotland.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10042995
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:Goodare, Julian,
Wasser, Michael, 1959- Scotland's first witch-hunt.
ISBN:9781137355935 (Hardback)
113735593X (Hardback)
9781403995674 (Paperback)
1403995672 (Paperback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-245) and index.
Summary:"Bringing together twelve studies, this book provides an overview of the key issues of on-going interest in the study of Scottish witchcraft. The authors tackle various aspects of the question of witches; considering how people came to be considered 'witches', with new insights into the centrality of neighbourhood quarrels and misfortune; and delving into folk belief and various acts of witchcraft. It also examines the practice of witch-hunting, the 'urban geography' of witch-hunting, Scotland's international witch-hunting connections and brings fresh insights to the much-studied North Berwick witchcraft panic. Reconstructions of the brutal and ceremonial punishments inflicted on 'witches' offers a gruesome but compelling reminder of the importance of the subject"--