This book presents a selection of original texts of Scottish witchcraft trial records, with historical commentary. These are the essential sources for understanding the intensity of witch-hunting in Scotland.
Witchcraft was a statutory offence in Scotland between 1563 and 1736, and the authorities held many trials and executions for witchcraft in this period. This book presents a representative selection of original records of these trials, with historical commentary. The documents are selected mainly from the records of local kirk sessions, presbyteries and burghs, and the central justiciary court. Some records include statements by neighbours about alleged bewitchment; these narrate quarrels, illness and healing, and misfortunes in everyday life. In other records, the accused witches themselves are interrogated about alleged dealings with the Devil; the resulting confessions can include fantastical accounts of visionary experiences and encounters with fairies. Each case has its own uniqueness; these are all individual human stories, often tragic ones. The records show the local church authorities, and the criminal courts, investigating and unwittingly creating an impossible crime.
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Introduction
Editorial Conventions
1. Forfarshire Witches, 1568
2. Sir William Stewart, Edinburgh, 1569
3. Janet Boyman, Edinburgh, 1572
4. Leith Witches, 1579
5. Isobel Watson, Perthshire, 1590
6. Marion Mc Nab, Perthshire, 1590
7. Dundee Witch, c.1591
8. Barbara Napier, Edinburgh, 1591
9. Earl of Bothwell, Edinburgh, 1593
10. Margaret Crawford, Stirlingshire, 1596
11. William Murray, Leith, 1599
12. Janet Irvine, Orkney, 1616
13. Christian Watson, Falkirk, 1622-1623
14. Alexander Drummond, Auchterarder, 1628-1629
15. Peebles Witches, 1629
16. Michael Erskine, Newbattle, 1629-1630
17. Stirling Witches, 1633
18. Elizabeth Bathgate, Eyemouth, 1633-1634
19. Barbara Bowndie, Orkney, 1643-1645
20. Helen Clark, Newhaven, 1643-1645
21. Marion Pardoun, Shetland, 1644
22. Jean Craig, Tranent, 1649
23. Inverkeithing Witches, 1649
24. Janet Sawyer, Ayr, 1651-1652, 1658
25. Margaret Beveridge and John Corse, Dysart, 1657-1658
26. Three Lists of Witches, 1658-1659
27. Alloa and Related Witches, Clackmannanshire, 1658-1661
28. Dalkeith Witches, 1661
29. John Kincaid, Haddingtonshire, 1662
30. Magnus Laurenson, Shetland, 1674-1677
31. Paisley Witches, 1677
32. Haddingtonshire Witches, 1678
33. Anna Wood, Linlithgowshire, 1694
34. Janet Drysdale, Linlithgowshire, 1696
35. Bargarran Witches, Renfrewshire, 1697
36. Jean Brown, Wigtownshire, 1706
37. Ratter Family, Shetland, 1708
38. Margaret Watson, Shetland, 1724-1725
Index
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LIV HELENE WILLUMSEN is Professor Emerita in History, University of Tromsø — The Arctic University of Norway. Her books include Witches of the North: Scotland and Finnmark (Leiden, 2013) and The Voices of Women in Witchcraft Trials: Northern Europe (London, 2022). She has written the texts for the 91 memorial plaques at Steilneset Memorial, Vardø, commemorating the victims of the Finnmark witchcraft trials in northern Norway.
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