Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)

Lawrence Normand and Gareth Roberts, eds. Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches. (Exeter Studies in History.) Exeter: University of Exeter Press. 2000. Pp. xiii, 454. [pounds sterling]16.99 paper. ISBN 0-85989-388-X.

This volume is a micro-study of one witch hunt that lasted just over a year (November 1590-December 1591) and involved a limited number of people, including King James VI who played a range of roles: victim, interrogator, judge, and author of a demonology. The book's method is to focus on the contexts of the witch ...

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