Satan's Conspiracy by P G Maxwell-Stuart

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

The object of this study is to produce a different picture of Scottish witchcraft in the 16th-century. By laying all available and previously unpublished material in front of the reader, the author hopes that future scholars of Scottish witchcraft will be able to construct their own theories.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Satan's Conspiracy by P G Maxwell-Stuart

The object of this study is to produce a different picture of Scottish witchcraft in the 16th-century. By laying all available and previously unpublished material in front of the reader, the author hopes that future scholars of Scottish witchcraft will be able to construct their own theories.
Peter Maxwell-Stuart, Ph.D. (1994) is Reader in History at the University of St Andrews. He is widely published in the fields of Greek and Latin literature and history, and in the occult sciences of Mediaeval and early modern Europe. He is about to publish a translation of Gomez Pereira's scientific treatise, Antoniana Margarita, and Martin Delrio's chef d'oeuvre, Disquisitiones Magicae.

Steve Murdoch, Ph.D. (1998) is Professor of History at the University of St Andrews. His major monographs include; Network North: Scottish Kin, Cultural and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, 2006) and most recently with Alexia Grosjean, Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (Pickering & Chatto, 2014). Among maritime scholars he is best known for his award winning monograph The Terror of the Seas? Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713 (Brill, 2010).

Leos Mü¾˜¶˜¼ller, Ph.D. (1998), is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Maritime Studies, Stockholm University. He has published on Swedish early-modern and maritime history, e.g. Consuls, Corsairs and Commerce. The Swedish Consular Service and Long-Distance Shipping, 1720-1815 (Uppsala University, 2004), together with Stefan Eklü¾¦˜¼f Amirell, and Persistent Piracy. Maritime Violence and State-formation in Global Historical Perspective, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781862321366
ISBN 10 1862321361
Title Satan's Conspiracy
Author P G Maxwell-Stuart
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Birlinn General
Year published 2001-07-16
Number of pages 282
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.