03551nam 22006495 450 991025477580332120200707014851.0978023029438710.1057/9781137313249(CKB)3710000000633388(DE-He213)978-1-137-31324-9(MiAaPQ)EBC4720263(EXLCZ)99371000000063338820160329d2016 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWitchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment Scotland, 1670-1740 /by Lizanne Henderson1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XV, 382 p.)Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic9781137313249 0-230-29438-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment represents the first in-depth investigation of Scottish witchcraft and witch belief post-1662, the period of supposed decline of such beliefs, an age which has been referred to as the 'long eighteenth century', coinciding with the Scottish Enlightenment. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were undoubtedly a period of transition and redefinition of what constituted the supernatural, at the interface between folk belief and the philosophies of the learned. For the latter the eradication of such beliefs equated with progress and civilization but for others, such as the devout, witch belief was a matter of faith, such that fear and dread of witches and their craft lasted well beyond the era of the major witch-hunts. This study seeks to illuminate the distinctiveness of the Scottish experience, to assess the impact of enlightenment thought upon witch belief, and to understand how these beliefs operated across all levels of Scottish society.Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and MagicGreat Britain—HistoryCivilization—HistoryReligion—HistoryHistory, ModernSocial historyHistory of Britain and Irelandhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717020Cultural Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/723000History of Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A7000Modern Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000Social Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000ScotlandfastHistory.fastGreat Britain—History.Civilization—History.Religion—History.History, Modern.Social history.History of Britain and Ireland.Cultural History.History of Religion.Modern History.Social History.941Henderson Lizanneauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut910701BOOK9910254775803321Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment2137985UNINA