Witchcraft and folk belief in the age of enlightenment : Scotland, 1670-1740 / Lizanne Henderson, University of Glasgow, UK.

  • Henderson, Lizanne, 1968-
Date:
2016
  • Books

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Description

This book represents the first investigation of Scottish witchcraft post-1662, the period of supposed decline of such beliefs and coinciding with the dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment. It explores the changing attitudes and diversity of opinions towards witch belief, the interface between folk conceptions and the philosophies of the learned. -- Amazon.com.

Publication/Creation

Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Physical description

xv, 382 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-366) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    BVD.46.AA6-7
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ISBN

  • 0230294383
  • 9780230294387