OL20705087W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.93 Pages 412 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20221213085401 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 248 Scandate 20221212201813 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780230294387 Tts_version 5.
Urn:lcp:witchcraftfolkbe0000hend:lcpdf:6f1a54bf-2b7e-4acc-8d15-27ea7b7994ad Foldoutcount 0 Identifier witchcraftfolkbe0000hend Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s25bkrfhsn3 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0230294383ĩ781137313249 Lccn 2015303384 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9937 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200523 Openlibrary_edition 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.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:02:55 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40792705 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier 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. Henderson’s study, part of the invaluable Palgrave series on witchcraft and magic, takes us from 1670 to 1740, dates chosen to guide the reader from the end of the pre-Enlightenment period to the beginning of its major phase in Scotland, and its first chapter sets the scene, so to speak, by exploring what is meant by certain key terms such as. 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.
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.
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