Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment: Scotland, 1670-1740

by Lizanne Henderson

Book Overview

Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment represents the first in-depth investigation of Scottish witchcraft and witch belief post-1662, the period of supposed decline of such beliefs, an age which has been referred to as the 'long eighteenth century', coinciding with the Scottish Enlightenment. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were undoubtedly a period of transition and redefinition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349593133
• ISBN13: 9781349593132
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"