Julian Goodare
Biographic Data
| ID | 977215 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julian Goodare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julian |
| FAMILY NAME | Goodare |
| SIGNATURE | GOODARE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4678-2709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 52 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 50 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Fruitful Country
This article discusses how educated Scots evaluated landscapes between about 1400 and 1700. In more recent times, people have tended to distinguish between farmland or working landscapes, seen as unattractive, and wild or ‘natural’ landscapes, seen as attractive. But before 1700, people primarily admired productive landscapes. Throughout three centuries, the discourse remained remarkably stable: productive landscapes were pleasant, and pleasing l…
Steven J. Reid, The Early Life of James VI
wider precinct, whose content and extent is richly evidenced in the cartularies.Finally, errors in the reconstruction drawingsmissing crossing tower, absence of clerestory, absence of windows in the sacristydevalue what is otherwise beautiful work.All told, despite these flaws, this is a hugely valuable publication.Not only does it throw the inner workings of life in one of Scotland's greatest monasteries into brilliant illumination, it also plac…
Agriculture and Teind Reform in Early Modern Scotland
Demonology and Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Europe
Witches’ Flight in Scottish Demonology
Scotland is a good place to carry out a regional study of this issue. As a country where witch-hunting was intense, it was naturally also the scene of demonological discussion, some of it involving the country’s royal demonologist, James VI. It was usually agreed that the witch’s ability to fly came from the Devil. However, demonologists recognized several different types of flight – especially bodily flight and flight in spirit. James seems to h…
Away with the fairies
In early modern Scotland, several visionaries experienced vivid relationships with spirits. This paper analyses their experiences historically, with the aid of modern scholarship in medicine, psychology and social science. Most of the visionaries were women. Most of their spirit-guides were fairies or ghosts. There could be traumas in forming or maintaining the relationship, and visionaries often experienced spirit-guides as powerful, capricious …
Emotions in the History of Witchcraft
Research on the history of emotions has gathered pace in recent years, and certain lines of enquiry have emerged with particular clarity. Some of the most ambitious and original work has attempted to write the history of emotions themselves, charting the way in which different emotions rose and fell in their prominence or their cultural and political acceptability. Meanwhile, however, a second line of inquiry has emerged and become perhaps more c…
Lizanne Henderson, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment
Houston, The Coroners of Northern Britain , c. 1300–1700
Houston, The Coroners of Northern Britain, c. 1300–1700." Scottish Historical Review, 96(2), pp. 238–239
Urban Magic in Early Modern Spain
Urban Magic in Early Modern Spain: Abracadabra Omnipotens." Cultural and Social History, 13(3), pp. 425–426
The Scottish Convention of Estates of 1630
Charles I summoned his Scottish estates three times before the Scottish revolution of 1638: in 1625, 1630 and 1633. This article examines the convention of estates of 1630, held one year after Charles had suspended his English parliament. Members of the convention agreed to renew the regular parliamentary taxation (though they refused to vote it for a longer period) and proved surprisingly co-operative over Charles's controversial revocation. How…
Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters
Witchcraft in Europe and America
In the late nineteenth century, when American industrialists were buying up European art treasures, Cornell University amassed books on the history of European witchcraft. Two pioneering scholars, Andrew Dickson White and George Lincoln Burr, established a world-famous collection of works on witchcraft, the Inquisition, canon law and related subjects. A second, equally remarkable, collection, which was assembled by Henry Charles Lea, is now in th…
The Cult of the Seely Wights in Scotland
This article reveals the existence of a shamanistic cult centring on the "seely wights," Scottish fairy-like nature spirits. Cult members entered trances and reportedly flew out at night, on swallows, to join the seely wights. In daily life they were magical practitioners. The cult is discussed in a comparative European framework
Law and Opinion in Scotland during the Seventeenth Century
Scots law in the seventeenth century was important—not just as a thorny question in discussions of Anglo-Scottish union, but also in its own right as an aspect of Scottish governance and intellectual life. The central figure in the story has always been Sir James Dalrymple of Stair (1619–95), who in 1690 became the first Viscount Stair. His book, Institutions of the Law of Scotland (1681), was hugely influential, the most systematic account of Sc…
The Scottish Presbyterian Movement in 1596
In the century or so after the Reformation, Scottish religious radicals can often be identified as presbyterians, although they organized and campaigned on a number of issues. The evidence of 1596, when the movement attempted a coup d'état, displays it at a particularly assertive moment, and illustrates its membership and organization. The movement was a mixed lay and clerical network, comprising ministers, nobles, lairds, burgesses, and common p…
The Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead
Witch-Hunting in Scotland
Journal Article Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion Get access Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion, by Brian P. Levack (London: Routledge, 2008; pp. xiv + 217. Pb. £19.99). Julian Goodare Julian Goodare University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXIV, Issue 507, April 2009, Pages 428–429, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cep…
Fiscal systems in the European economy from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries
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Mark Kishlansky's revaluation of Charles I is welcome and timely.1 It offers an opportunity for historians not only to develop a more accurate picture of the king, but also to focus more clearly on the important issues raised by his reign. Kishlansky's arguments rest on detailed evidence which will require critical scrutiny by historians of all Charles's kingdoms. Kishlansky rightly focuses on Scotland, where his case is pressed particularly vigo…
The debts of James VI of Scotland1
James VI (1567-1625) was chronically indebted, and this caused him frequent problems. This article presents two series of systematic data that together indicate the main contours of his indebtedness: (1) end-of-year deficits, and (2) hived-off debts which the Crown left unpaid for long periods (sometimes permanently). The hived-off debts, reconstructed individually, constitute a narrative of fiscal policy-making. Instead of a large and catastroph…
James VI and I
Larner, Lee and McLachlan, A Source-Book of Scottish Witchcraft
How Archbishop Spottiswoode Became an Episcopalian
L'archevêque John Spottiswoode (1565–1639) était le plus éminent épiscopalien d'Écosse. Toutefois, au début de sa carrière il était fermement presbytérien. Cette étude montre quand et comment ce changement s'est opéré. L'événement au coeur de ce changement est une tentative de « coup d'état » organisée par le mouvement presbytérien du 17 au 19 décembre 1596. L'étude montre également que l'archevêque Spottiswoode a participé à cette opération, et …
My Heart Is My Own
MARY queen of Scots is hardly a neglected figure, yet the lack of an up-to-date overall study of her career has been apparent for some time. Antonia Fraser's thoroughly-researched popular biography, which in 1969 pioneered the positive re-evaluation of Mary, does not always address modern academic questions. These new books break fresh ground and are most welcome. They have much in common. They are by Tudor historians, well versed in the European…
Witches and Neighbours
1University of Edinburgh Witches and Neighbours: The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft OxfordBlackwell 2002400£60 Paperback£14.99
The Scottish parliament of 1621
This parliament saw two controversial government proposals: to ratify the Five Articles of Perth which introduced Anglican-style ceremonies into church worship, and to introduce a new tax on interest payments. A rare division list survives. It shows the split to have been partly regional: opposition was concentrated in Scotland's central belt, with government supporters in the more conservative northern and Border regions. The most important divi…
Women and the witch‐hunt in Scotland 1
The debts of James VI of Scotland1
James VI (1567-1625) was chronically indebted, and this caused him frequent problems. This article presents two series of systematic data that together indicate the main contours of his indebtedness: (1) end-of-year deficits, and (2) hived-off debts which the Crown left unpaid for long periods (sometimes permanently). The hived-off debts, reconstructed individually, constitute a narrative of fiscal policy-making. Instead of a large and catastroph…
The Cult of the Seely Wights in Scotland
This article reveals the existence of a shamanistic cult centring on the "seely wights," Scottish fairy-like nature spirits. Cult members entered trances and reportedly flew out at night, on swallows, to join the seely wights. In daily life they were magical practitioners. The cult is discussed in a comparative European framework
The Scottish Parliament and its early modern ‘rivals’
The Scottish state became sovereign in the sixteenth century, with parliament the sovereign body entitled to legislate. However, a long and influential historiographical tradition states that parliament alone was not sovereign in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and that legislative power was also possessed by several ‘rivals’ of parliament. These were the Convention of Estates, the General Assembly of the Church, the Convention of Royal …
The Framework for Scottish witch-Hunting in the 1590s
The Admission of Lairds to the Scottish Parliament
The Parliament should represent rhe haill body of the common-weal ... and it were ane gryt absurdiry that every mean craftsman within boroughs in a manner should have avice in Parliament, in sa far as be their votes their commissioners to rhe Parliament is chosen, and that in like manner the haill mean barons of the realm, commonly called Lairds, being in nummer, riches, wisdom, and all other guid qualities, ane of the chief pairts and members of…
The Statutes of Iona in Context
In the long history of the relationship between the Scottish state and the Highlands, three dates have always stood out. In 1493, the Lordship of the Isles was forfeited, ending the possibility that a semi independent state might develop in the West. In 1746, the defeat of the last Jacobite rebellion signalled the end for the autonomous military power of the Highland clans. Halfway between these two dates, in 1609, we find the Statutes of Iona. W…
The Estates in the Scottish Parliament, 1286–1707
The Nobility and the Absolutist State in Scotland,1584–1638
Witch-Hunting in Scotland
Journal Article Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion Get access Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion, by Brian P. Levack (London: Routledge, 2008; pp. xiv + 217. Pb. £19.99). Julian Goodare Julian Goodare University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXIV, Issue 507, April 2009, Pages 428–429, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cep…
Economic History, People's History and Scottish History
The Nobility and the Absolutist State in Scotland,1584–1638
The Reformation in National Context
This collection of essays by prominent historians of the Reformation explores the experience of religious reform in 'national context', discussing similarities and differences between the reform movements in a dozen different countries of sixteenth-century Europe. Each author provides an interpretative essay emphasising local peculiarities and national variants on the broader theme of the Reformation as a European phenomenon. The individual essay…
The long hundred in medieval and early modern Scotland
The 'long hundred' of 6 score was the norm in Scotland for non-monetary sums from the early middle ages to the middle of the 17th century.It existed together with a 'long thousand': where c = 120, m = 1200.It originated with the Germanic practice of counting in tens up to 120 ('twelvety'), that amount being roman numeral c; but it later came to be regarded as 6 score, occasionally as 10 dozen.It was not part of a 'duodecimal system', rather of a …
Who was the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish parliament of 1621
This parliament saw two controversial government proposals: to ratify the Five Articles of Perth which introduced Anglican-style ceremonies into church worship, and to introduce a new tax on interest payments. A rare division list survives. It shows the split to have been partly regional: opposition was concentrated in Scotland's central belt, with government supporters in the more conservative northern and Border regions. The most important divi…
The Estates in the Scottish Parliament, 1286–1707
Shorter Notices
Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access JULIAN GOODARE JULIAN GOODARE University of Sheffield Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXII, Issue 449, November 1997, Pages 1275–1276, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXII.449.1275 Published: 01 November 1997
Women and the witch‐hunt in Scotland 1
The Statutes of Iona in Context
In the long history of the relationship between the Scottish state and the Highlands, three dates have always stood out. In 1493, the Lordship of the Isles was forfeited, ending the possibility that a semi independent state might develop in the West. In 1746, the defeat of the last Jacobite rebellion signalled the end for the autonomous military power of the Highland clans. Halfway between these two dates, in 1609, we find the Statutes of Iona. W…
The Scottish Parliamentary Records, 1560-1603
The records of parliament are basic sources for Scottish historians. The statutes themselves illuminate politics and government policy; the attendance lists too are useful for political history. However, the records for much of this period are incomplete, even fragmentary. This article analyses the editorial approach of the published Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, and identifies further material not found in it. Not only are there additiona…
Patterson, James VI and I and the Reunion of Christendom
The Aberdeenshire Witchcraft Panic of 1597
Young, James VI and I and the History of Homosexuality ; Bergeron, King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire ; Treadwell, Buckingham and Ireland, 1616–1628
The Admission of Lairds to the Scottish Parliament
The Parliament should represent rhe haill body of the common-weal ... and it were ane gryt absurdiry that every mean craftsman within boroughs in a manner should have avice in Parliament, in sa far as be their votes their commissioners to rhe Parliament is chosen, and that in like manner the haill mean barons of the realm, commonly called Lairds, being in nummer, riches, wisdom, and all other guid qualities, ane of the chief pairts and members of…
Margaret H. B. Sanderson, A Kindly Place? Living in Sixteenth-Century Scotland
The Framework for Scottish witch-Hunting in the 1590s
Brown, Noble Society in Scotland
Macdonald, Witches of Fife ; Maxwell-Stuart, Satan's Conspiracy
Witches and Neighbours
1University of Edinburgh Witches and Neighbours: The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft OxfordBlackwell 2002400£60 Paperback£14.99
The Scottish Parliament and its early modern ‘rivals’
The Scottish state became sovereign in the sixteenth century, with parliament the sovereign body entitled to legislate. However, a long and influential historiographical tradition states that parliament alone was not sovereign in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and that legislative power was also possessed by several ‘rivals’ of parliament. These were the Convention of Estates, the General Assembly of the Church, the Convention of Royal …
Ritchie, Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548–1560
Heresy, Magic, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe
1University of Edinburgh Heresy, Magic, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe Gary K. Waite Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2003 284 Hardback£47.50 Paperback£15.99
Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose
1University of Edinburgh Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the Witch Hunts in Europe and North America Robert W. Thurston Harlow Longman 2001 xvi + 202 £ 20
The First Parliament of Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots promised to make a parliamentary religious settlement when she returned, as a Catholic, to her newly Protestant realm of Scotland in 1561. She then delayed summoning a parliament until 1563, and the summons, when it came, was engineered by her leading Protestant adviser, the earl of Moray. However, when parliament assembled, Mary outmaneuvered Moray with a series of well-timed concessions, and successfully avoided a Protestan…
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