This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across areas of popular belief, culture and ritual practice, as well as dealing with intellectual life and incorporating regional and comparative elements.

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Cover
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Series Foreword
Abbreviations
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Introduction
1 Scottish Witchcraft in its European Context
2 Some Findings from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft
3 Witch Persecution and Folk Belief in Lowland Scotland: The Devil’s Decade
4 Witch Hunting and Witch Belief in the Gàidhealtachd
5 Scottish Witchcraft Panics Re-examined
6 Men in Black: Appearances of the Devil in Early Modern Scottish Witchcraft Discourse
7 Demonic Possession in Early Modern Scotland
8 A Comparative Perspective on Scottish Cunning-Folk and Charmers
9 The Mechanical World-View and the Decline of Witch Beliefs in Scotland
10 ‘Charms against Witchcraft’: Magic and Mischief in Museum Collections
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