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, an offence that involved the alleged practice of maleficent magic and the worship of the devil, for inflicting harm on their neighbours and making pacts with the devil.
Brian P. Levack draws on law, politics and religion to explain the intensity of Scottish witch-hunting. Topics discussed include:
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, an offence that involved the alleged practice of maleficent magic and the worship of the devil, for inflicting harm on their neighbours and making pacts with the devil.
Brian P. Levack draws on law, politics and religion to explain the intensity of Scottish witch-hunting. Topics discussed include:
the distinctive features of the Scottish criminal justice...
Witch-Hunting in Scotland presents a fresh perspective on the trial and execution of the hundreds of women and men prosecuted for the c...
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult. Using approaches from several disciplines, including anthropology and sociology, this source provides a sweeping overview of the occult.
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, gove...
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult. Using approaches from several disciplines, including anthropology and sociology, this source provides a sweeping overview of the occult.
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, gove...
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult. Using approaches from several disciplines, including anthropology and sociology, this source provides a sweeping overview of the occult.
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, gove...
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult. Using approaches from several disciplines, including anthropology and sociology, this source provides a sweeping overview of the occult.
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, gove...
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult. Using approaches from several disciplines, including anthropology and sociology, this source provides a sweeping overview of the occult.
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, gove...
The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries. During these years witches were thought to be evil people who used magical power to inflict physical harm or misfortune on their neighbours. Witches were also believed to have made pacts with the devil and sometimes to have worshipped him at nocturnal assemblies known as sabbaths. These beliefs provided the...
The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literat...
The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the eighteenth century. Many of the sources come from the period between 1400 and 1750, when more than 100,000 people - most of them women - were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and colonial America. During these years the prominent stereotype of the witch as an evil magician and servant of Satan emerged. Catholics and Protestants alike feared that the Devil and his human confederates were destroying...
The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas a...
