Witch-hunting in Scotland : law, politics and religion /

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Author / Creator:Levack, Brian P.
Imprint:New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.
Description:x, 217 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6675517
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ISBN:9780415399425 (hbk.)
0415399424 (hbk.)
9780415399432 (pbk.)
0415399432 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-209) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Maps
  • 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 1661-2
  • 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
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index