Witches of the North ：Scotland and Finnmark ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Scotland and Finnmark

Publication series ：1

Author： Willumsen   Liv Helene  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9789004252929

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004252912

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004252912

Subject： K5 European History

Language： ENG

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Description

Drawing on wide range of legal documents from the seventeenth-century, this book contains quantitative and qualitative analyses of witchcraft trials in Scotland and Finnmark, Norway. Attention is drawn towards the voices of the accused persons, the witnesses, and the law. Nominee for the 2016 ICHTH International Book prize.

Chapter

Contents

pp.：  7 – 8

Acknowledgements

pp.：  9 – 10

List of Abbreviations

pp.：  11 – 12

List of Figures, Maps and Charts

pp.：  13 – 14

Chapter One Introduction

pp.：  15 – 54

Part One Mainland Scotland

pp.：  55 – 56

Chapter Two Mainland Scotland—Historical Background

pp.：  57 – 72

Chapter Three Mainland Scotland—What Figures Can Tell

pp.：  73 – 113

Chapter Four Mainland Scotland—Close-readings

pp.：  114 – 160

Part Two Orkney and Shetland

pp.：  161 – 162

Chapter Five The Northern Isles—Historical Background

pp.：  163 – 174

Chapter Six Orkney and Shetland—What Figures Can Tell

pp.：  175 – 191

Chapter Seven Orkney and Shetland—Close-readings

pp.：  192 – 234

Part Three Finnmark, Northern Norway

pp.：  235 – 236

Chapter Eight Finnmark—Historical Background

pp.：  237 – 255

Chapter Nine Finnmark—What Figures Can Tell

pp.：  256 – 276

Chapter Ten Finnmark—Close-readings

pp.：  277 – 334

Part Four Closing

pp.：  335 – 336

Chapter Eleven Comparisons and Conclusions

pp.：  337 – 382

Bibliography

pp.：  383 – 398

Index of Old Names

pp.：  399 – 401

Thematic Index

pp.：  402 – 404

Index of Authors

pp.：  405 – 408

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