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Daemonologie - with Original Illustrations (Paperback)
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Daemonologie - with Original Illustrations (Paperback)
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Loot Price R297
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In 1590 three hundred Scottish 'witches' were tried for plotting
the murder of their King, James VI of Scotland (soon to be James I
of England). James is known to have suffered from a morbid fear of
violent death, and the trial heightened his anxiety over this
apparently treasonous 'un-Christian' sect, and stimulated him to
study the whole subject of witchcraft. 'Daemonologie' is the result
of this royal research, detailing his opinions on the topic in the
form of a Socratic dialogue between the sceptic Philomathes and
witch-averse Epistemon, who reveals many aspects of witch-craft.
The book consists of three sections, on magic, on sorcery and
witchcraft, and on spirits and ghosts, and ends with a lurid
account of the North Berwick witch trials, based on the evidence of
Dr John Fian, the alleged head of the coven, whose 'confession' was
obtained with the aid of thumbscrews, the Boot, and by the ripping
out of his fingernails.
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