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12%OFFStuart Macdonald - The Witches of Fife: Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 - 9781906566838 - V9781906566838
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The Witches of Fife: Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710

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Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Nevertheless, the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one sits by the harbour watching the fishing boats unload their catch and the pleasure boats rising with the tide. How could people do this to an old woman? Why was no-one ever brought to justice? And why would anyone defend such a lynching? The task of the historian is to try to make events in the past come alive ... Read more

The witch-hunt in Scotland also took place at a time when one of the main agendas was the creation of a righteous or godly society. As a result, religious authorities had control over aspects of people's lives which seem as strange to us today as beliefs about magic or witchcraft. It was not accidental that the witch-hunt in Scotland, and specifically in Fife, should have happened at this time. This book tells the story of what occurred over a period of a century and a half, and offers some explanation as to why it occurred.

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Product Details

Publisher
John Donald Short Run Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906566838
SKU
V9781906566838
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Stuart Macdonald
Stuart Macdonald teaches at Knox College, Toronto, Canada.

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