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Books about Scottish Witchcraft
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items As an Edinburgh Tour guide and historian, these are my recommendations for book on the history of Scottish witchcraft.
This book details the true story of the last “witch” in Edinburgh, Agnes Finnie. The insightful book tells the everyday lives of ordinary people struggling to survive are revealed in a turbulent period of Scottish history.
Agnes Finnie: The 'Witch' of the Potterrow Port
This easy to read book details the true story of the witch hunts in Scotland. 4000 people were accused of witchcraft and 2000 were killed by strangulation at the stake, burning and drowning.
Scottish Witches: Persecution in Scotland
The region of Fife in Scotland was hugely affected by the witch hunts - between the 1500s and 1700s. The volume is a fantastic insight into the horror of these trials in which an estimated 380 people were accused of practising sorcery. Most of these ...
Witchcraft Trials in Fife: Printed Folklore
Written in the local dialect, this volume contains a rare collection of typed court documents recording the trials of men and women accused of witchcraft. Reporting their crimes, their trials, and their punishments.
Witchcraft Trials In Orkney And Shetland
I always refer to this book as the “dummies guide to witchcraft”. Penned by James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, is a seminal work on witchcraft, sorcery, and supernatural forces. First published in 1597, this book addresses the pervasive ...
Daemonlogie: Illustrated Edition (1597)
“Hellish Nell” refers to Helen Duncan, a Scottish seance and fortune teller who was the last person accused on witchcraft in the UK. She was prosecuted under the Witchcraft Act and imprisoned in the 1950s.
Hellish Nell: Last of Britain's Witches
This concise guide details not only Scottish witchcraft history but all aspects of it across Europe. Taking a historical perspective from the ancient world to contemporary paganism, Gaskill reveals how witchcraft has meant different things to differe...
Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
Set in the highlands of Scotland, near Inverness this haunting and deeply moving book - The Last Witch of Scotland is a story of love, loyalty and sacrifice, inspired by the true story of the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Britain. Perf...
The Last Witch of Scotland: Book of the Year 2024
This book by Mary Craig details the witchcraft panics and life in the Scottish borders in the 1700's. The 17th century was a time of upheaval in Scottish and British history, with a civil war, the abolition of the monarchy, the plague and the reforma...
Borders Witch Hunt: 17th Century Trials
This book is an introduction and guide to the magickal folk traditions of the Highlands of Scotland. Author Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, a Scottish hereditary witch, takes you on a journey through her own spiritual awakening into the craft and shares the...
Scottish Witchcraft: A Complete Guide
From 1563 to 1736 Scotland put thousands of women to death for witchcraft. Their supposed crimes have much to tell us about attitudes to women in the past, and in the present day. This book introduces sixteen women who lost their lives or lived in th...
We Are All Witches: Bad Women to Live Your Life by
This book is a mix of folklore, legends and supernatural. collection of over 140 stories of Scotland's rich and varied folklore, ladies, grey ladies, spectral kings and queens, mischievous ghosts, whispering ghosts, calm washerwomen and phantom dogs ...
Scottish Witches (Waverley Scottish Classics)
Not necessarily a witchcraft book, this illustrated guide details the natural rememdies and herbalism that would have been used in the past. From the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, the history of esoteric species is often as dark and e...
Kew - Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore
This BBC Scotland production details what happened during Scotland's witch hunts under the reign of King James 6th. I always recommend this podcast, the narrators are university historians who know their field. Very interesting.
Witch Hunt: A BBC Radio Scotland history (Podcast)
This academic book is written by Julian Goodare, an Edinburgh university professor who specialising on Scottish witch history. A collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft and witch-hunting, which covers the whole period of the Scottish witch-hunt, from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth. Includes studies of particular witchcraft panics such as a reassessmen...
The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context
I haven't read this book yet, but it is highly anticipated here in Scotland. Zoe joined Claire Mitchell KC on the Witches of Scotland campaign in 2020 and has co hosted 70+ podcasts episodes of the same name. Since then, Claire and Zoe have worked ha...
HOW TO KILL A WITCH: A Guide For The Patriarchy
A bit of self promotion here, but I have created an audio tour in Edinburgh on the topic of Scottish witchcraft history. It is with Voicemap, download the tour and explore the streets of Edinburgh.
A History of Witchcraft in Scotland: From Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle | Edinburgh self-guided audio tour | VoiceMap