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About this book
The years between 1600 and 1700 were a period of war, famine, plague and religious upheaval in Scotland.A time when ordinary women, and men, of the Scottish Borders who fell under the suspicion of the Kirk would face interrogation and torture.A time when fear of Auld Nick turned the world upside down and the cry of witch would almost always lead to the rope and the flame.Mary Craig explores this tremulous period of Scottish history and examines the causes and effects of the 17th century witchcraft trials and executions in the Scottish Borders.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note
- Summis desiderantes affectibus
- Timeline of events
- Introduction
- 1 Belief: Witchcraft in the 17th century
- 2 History: The Borders in the 17th century
- 3 Peebles, 1629: ‘vehementlie suspect of wytchcraft’
- 4 Melrose, 1629: ‘four guid men’
- 5 Duns, 1630: ‘petition the King’
- 6 Eyemouth, 1634: ‘the Devil be in your feet’
- 7 Stow, 1649: ‘ane great syckness’
- 8 Lauder, 1649: ‘the Devil is a lyar’
- 9 Kelso, 1662: ‘pilliewinkles upon her fingers… a grevious torture’
- 10 Gallowshiels, 1668: ‘her petticoats a’ agape’
- 11 Jedburgh, 1671: ‘ane sterving conditione’
- 12 Stobo, 1679: ‘the dumb man in the correction house’
- 13 Coldingham, 1694: ‘burn seven or eight of them’
- 14 Selkirk, 1700: ‘the drier ye are, the better ye’ll burn’
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: The cultural background to the witchcraft trials
- Appendix B: The Scottish witch trials: numbers and locations
- Appendix C: The Borders witch trials: numbers tried and locations
- Appendix D: Places to visit
- Appendix E: Trace your ancestors in the Borders
- Bibliography
- Endnotes