01.18 - The Discovery of Witchcraft

Was James VI and I truly the witch-hunting, demon-studying zealot
that he has traditionally been seen as? Today we take a look at the
court of King James, and hear about the trials that dotted his
early reign. Check out the podcast website:
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https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax In this episode I made particular
use of the following publications: - Holmes, R., Witchcraft in
British History (1974) - MacFarlane, A., Witchcraft in Tudor and
Stuart England (London, 1970) - Levack, B., 'State-Building and
Witch Hunting', in Darren Oldridge (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader
(London, 2002) - Poole, R., (ed.), The Lancashire Witches:
Histories and Stories (2002) A full bibliography is on the website.
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