Interrogating the magic-gender connection/Kimberly B. Stratton--From goddess to hag: the
Greek and the Roman witch in classical literature/Barbette Stanley Spaeth--" The most …

This work explores the social foundation of evidence law in a specific historical social and
cultural context-the debate concerning the proof of the crime of witchcraft in early modern …

This study uses the court records of eight pre-Reformation Scottish towns to examine
women's involvement as perpetrators of violent physical assaults in their communities. It …

This introduction to the volume surveys the history and anthropology of Christian
conceptualizations of fairies, nature spirits and other “small gods.” It does so through a …

Beliefs about the Devil informed Scottish piety in a myriad of ways. This article explores, in
particular, the experiential relationship between Reformed theology, the practice of …

The cautious remarks of a great Scottish antiquary form a fitting start to a comparative tour of
witchcraft beliefs in Scotland and Europe. Dalyell's interpretative scheme is no longer viable …

In early modern Scotland, thousands of people were accused and tried for the crime of
witchcraft, many of whom were women. This paper examines the particular qualities …

Although there has been no quantitative study of Irish witchcraft accusation, recent academic
studies suggest that prosecution and execution rates failed to reach double figures. 2 …

Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this
book is a study of women's voices in these trials in eight countries around the North Sea …

In Scotland, the exploitation of gender history's potential to enact a fundamental paradigm
shift in historical enquiry is a relatively recent endeavour. In 1990, the paucity of printed …