The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland

The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland

Author: Julian Goodare

Publisher:

ISBN: 152613442X

Category: History

Page: 264

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This book is about other worlds and the supernatural beings, from angels to fairies, that inhabited them. It is about divination, prophecy, visions and trances. And it is about the cultural, religious, political and social uses to which people in Scotland put these supernatural themes between 1500 and 1800. The supernatural consistently provided Scots with a way of understanding topics such as the natural environment, physical and emotional wellbeing, political events and visions of past and future. In exploring the early modern supernatural, the book has much to reveal about how men and women in this period thought about, debated and experienced the world around them. Comprising twelve chapters by an international range of scholars, The supernatural in early modern Scotland discusses both popular and elite understandings of the supernatural.
The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland
Language: en
Pages: 264

The Supernatural in Early Modern Scotland

Authors: Julian Goodare, Martha McGill
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-25 - Publisher:

This book is about other worlds and the supernatural beings, from angels to fairies, that inhabited them. It is about divination, prophecy, visions and trances. And it is about the cultural, religious, political and social uses to which people in Scotland put these supernatural themes between 1500 and 1800. The
Witchcraft and belief in Early Modern Scotland
Language: en
Pages: 264

Witchcraft and belief in Early Modern Scotland

Authors: J. Goodare, L. Martin, J. Miller
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-04 - Publisher: Springer

This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across areas of popular belief, culture and ritual practice, as well as dealing with intellectual life and incorporating regional and comparative elements.
The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland
Language: en
Pages: 450

The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland

Authors: Margo Todd
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century brought a radical shift from a profoundly sensual and ceremonial experience of religion to the dominance of the word through Book and sermon. In Scotland, the revolution assumed proportions unequaled by any other national Calvinist Reformation, with Christmas and Easter formally abolished, sabbaths
Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland
Language: en
Pages: 312

Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland

Authors: Steven J. Reid, David McOmish
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-20 - Publisher: BRILL

The first detailed examination of the vibrant culture of literature produced by Scots in Latin in the late-sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland
Language: en
Pages: 221

Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland

Authors: Andrew Sneddon
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-25 - Publisher: Springer

This is the first academic overview of witchcraft and popular magic in Ireland and spans the medieval to the modern period. Based on a wide range of un-used and under-used primary source material, and taking account of denominational difference between Catholic and Protestant, it provides a detailed account of witchcraft