The Great Scottish Witch-Hunt by P G Maxwell-Stuart
The first history of the most intense period of witch-hunting in Scotland revealing the number of women and men strangled and burned alive at the stake. Scotland, in common with the rest of Europe, was troubled from time to time by outbreaks of witchcraft which the authorities sought to contain and then to suppress, and the outbreak of 1658-1662 is generally agreed to represent the high-water mark of Scottish persecution. These were peculiar years for Scotland. For nine years Scotland was effectively an English province with many English officials in charge. In 1660 this suddenly changed. So the threat to Church and state from a plague of witches was particularly disturbing. The tension between this English occupation and the revived fervour of Calvinist religion in the Scottish Church combined to produce a peculiar atmosphere in which the activities of witches drew hostile attention to an unprecedented degree.
P. G. Maxwell-Stuart is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of St. Andrews. He is an acknowledged expert on the occult and his other books include Satan's Conspiracy: Magic & Witchcraft in Sixteenth Century Scotland, Witchcraft: A History ('Combines scholarly rigour with literary flair' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY), Witch Hunters ('The lurid tales of orgies and other debauchery told by these individuals still make for shocking reading today' THE DAILY MAIL) and Wizards: A History. He lives in St. Andrews.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752444253 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752444255 |
| Title | The Great Scottish Witch-Hunt |
| Author | P G Maxwell-Stuart |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
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