Scottish Witchcraft Narratives and Tracts

doi:10.1017/9781805439004

This book is a scholarly edition of primary sources for witch-hunting and demonic possession in Scotland. It contains narratives of remarkable witchcraft prosecutions, and tracts expounding witchcraft theory.

The narratives provide the intense emotional drama, eye-catching colour and nightmarish horror that made witchcraft such a compelling idea. The accused witches' own voices are sometimes heard, under the harrowing circumstances of interrogation under torture. Meanwhile, educated ministers and lawyers develop their theoretical ideas about witches and the Devil. Not every theorist agrees with the prosecutions, and doubts arise that would eventually lead witch-hunting to lose its credibility. The book's most detailed narrative concerns the Bargarran witches of 1697, in which seven witches were executed for the demonic possession of the 11-year-old Christian Shaw. The book shows how this was connected with the sensational witchcraft panic in 1692 at Salem, Massachusetts.

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Frontmatter
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The Editor
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Acknowledgements
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Abbreviations
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Introduction
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Editorial Conventions
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1 - Trial, Confession, and Execution of Isobel Inch, John Stewart, Margaret Barclay And Isobel Crawford, For Witchcraft, at Irvine, Anno 1618
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2 - Sir James Turner, ‘Of Magicke’ and ‘Of the Jewes Cabale’, c.1670
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3 - Sir George Mackenzie, ‘For Maevia, Accused of Witchcraft’, 1672
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4 - Witch-Craft Proven, 1697
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5 - A Relation Of The Diabolical Practices Of Above Twenty Wizards And Witches Of The Sheriffdom Of Renfrew, 1697
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6 - The ‘Bargarran Witches’ Manuscript, 1697
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7 - A True Narrative Of The Sufferings And Relief Of A Young Girle, 1698
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8 - Five Pamphlets on the Pittenweem Case, 1704–5
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9 - [John Bell,] The Tryal Of Witchcraft, c.1705
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10 - Appendix: Alloa And Related Witches, Clackmannanshire, 1658–61
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

The Editor
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

Abbreviations
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-22

Editorial Conventions
pp 23-23

1 - Trial, Confession, and Execution of Isobel Inch, John Stewart, Margaret Barclay And Isobel Crawford, For Witchcraft, at Irvine, Anno 1618
pp 24-47

2 - Sir James Turner, ‘Of Magicke’ and ‘Of the Jewes Cabale’, c.1670
pp 48-62

3 - Sir George Mackenzie, ‘For Maevia, Accused of Witchcraft’, 1672
pp 63-82

4 - Witch-Craft Proven, 1697
pp 83-100

5 - A Relation Of The Diabolical Practices Of Above Twenty Wizards And Witches Of The Sheriffdom Of Renfrew, 1697
pp 101-124

6 - The ‘Bargarran Witches’ Manuscript, 1697
pp 125-190

7 - A True Narrative Of The Sufferings And Relief Of A Young Girle, 1698
pp 191-294

8 - Five Pamphlets on the Pittenweem Case, 1704–5
pp 295-341

9 - [John Bell,] The Tryal Of Witchcraft, c.1705
pp 342-354

10 - Appendix: Alloa And Related Witches, Clackmannanshire, 1658–61
pp 355-366

Index
pp 367-382

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