Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment

This book represents the first investigation of Scottish witchcraft post-1662, the period of supposed decline of such beliefs and coinciding with the dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment. It explores the changing attitudes and diversity of opinions towards witch belief, the interface between folk conceptions and the philosophies of the learned.

Aceasta carte reprezinta prima investigatie a vrajitoriei scotiene dupa 1662, perioada presupusului declin al acestor credinte si care coincide cu zorii iluminismului scotian. Acesta exploreaza atitudinea in schimbare si diversitatea opiniilor fata de credinta vrajitoarei, interfata dintre conceptiile populare si filosofiile celor invatati.