Renaissance Quarterly, March 22nd, 2002
Lawrence Normand and Gareth Roberts, eds., Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland, James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches.
Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2000. 18 pls. + xiii + 454 pp. $85. ISBN: 0-85989-680-3 (cl), ISBN: 0-85989-388-X (pbk).
Normand and Roberts examine witchcraft and demonology through a fascinating study of the witch trials in Edinburgh in 1590-91. These formed part of a larger outbreak of witchcraft that began in East Lothian in late 1590 and sporadically spread into other areas, ending in 1595-97. Unlike previous scholars, they apply the name, "North Ber...
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