Bemused, Bothered and Bewildered

Witchcraft Debated

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ID20064394
AuthorsL Henderson (0000-0001-5784-9900, University of Glasgow, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages150-189
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueWitchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137313249_6
OpenAlexW2409773385
ISBN9781137313249
LanguageEN
References cited28

This chapter asks why was there so little debate about witchcraft in Scotland until the late seventeenth century. It is possible that one of the reasons may be the existence of James VI’s Daemonologie coupled with the fact that much use was made in Scotland of English publications on the subject since witch belief was, after all, a British as well as a Scottish phenomenon. Another concern is the issue of when or if witch belief died out, a subject that has generated a good deal of speculation, much of it subjective, limited and unhelpful, but which, unlike the case for England has, until recently, attracted comparatively little scholarly attention in Scotland

Economics · Epistemology · Phenomenon · Speculation · Subject (documents) · Witch · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Ecology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Philosophy

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