Witchcraft and the Act of 1604

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION WITCHCRAFT; WITCH CODES; WITCH ACT*

PART ONE THE NEW KING AND THE CRUCIBLE OF THE ACT

KING JAMES’S EXPERIENCE OF WITCHES, AND THE 1604 ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT ACT

STANDING WITHIN THE PROSPECT OF BELIEF MACBETH, KING JAMES, AND WITCHCRAFT

WITCHCRAFT AND POSSESSION AT THE ACCESSIONOF JAMES I THE PUBLICATION OF SAMUEL HARSNETT’S A DECLARATION OF EGREGIOUS POPISH IMPOSTURES

(RE)POSSESSION OF DISPOSSESSION JOHN DARRELL AND DIABOLICAL DISCOURSE

PART TWO ENGLAND UNDER THE ACT

APPLYING THE ACT OF 1604 WITCHES IN ESSEX, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE BEFORE AND AFTER 1604

THE TREATMENT OF POTENTIAL WITCHES INNORTH-EAST ENGLAND, C. 1649–1680

WITCHCRAFT AND STAGE SPECTACLE SPECTACULAR WITCHES AFTER 1604

WITCHCRAFT, EMOTION AND IMAGINATION IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR

PART THREE THE PASSING OF THE ACT

THE POLITICS OF PANDAEMONIUM

DECRIMINALISING THE WITCH THE ORIGIN OF AND RESPONSE TO THE 1736 WITCHCRAFT ACT

APPENDIX I THE WITCHCRAFT ACT OF 1563 (5 ELIZ I, C. 16.)1

APPENDIX II THE WITCHCRAFT ACT OF 1604 (1 JAS. I, C. 12.)1

APPENDIX III CANON 72 OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (1604)1

APPENDIX IV THE WITCHCRAFT ACT OF 1736 (9 GEO. II, C. 5.)1

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