Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters
Author | : Julian Goodare |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 1403995672 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781403995674 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "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"--