P G Maxwell-Stuart.

P G Maxwell-Stuart. Satan 's Conspiracy: Magic and Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Scotland. East Linton, U K: Tuckwell Pres 2001 Pp xi, 225 $2695 paper. ISBN 1-86232-136-1

Witchcraft and magic are burning topics in recent historiography. They unclose a world of fears, beliefs, and practices from peasants and women up to learned theologians, scientists, and demonologists, providing a unique and personal record into the lives of past nations P. G. Maxwell-Stuart describes sixteenth-century Scottish magic and witchcraft using ecclesiastical body and civil court records. The work fills two ...

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