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Daemonologie —in full Dæmonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books: By the High and Mightie Prince, James &c. —was first published in 1597 [1] by King James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England) as a philosophical dissertation on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods ...
King James, the First: Dæmonologie (1597). by. James I, King of England, 1566-1625. Publication date. 1924. Topics. Fian, John, -1591, Demonology, Magic, Witchcraft -- Scotland. Publisher. London, John Lane; New York, E. P. Dutton & company.
Tyson examines King James' obsession with witches and their alleged attempts on his life, and offers a knowledgeable and sympathetic look at the details of magick and witchcraft in the Jacobean period.
Author: King James I Release Date: June 29, 2008 [Ebook #25929] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAEMONOLOGIE.*** Daemonologie In Forme of a Dialogie
The first text presented here, written by James I of England, is a wide-ranging discussion of witchcraft, necromancy, possession, demons, were-wolves, fairies and ghosts, in the form of a Socratic dialogue.
Tyson examines King James' obsession with witches and their alleged attempts on his life, and offers a knowledgeable and sympathetic look at the details of magick and witchcraft in the...
James VI and I. 3.39. 442 ratings56 reviews. In 1597, King James I of England (when he was still James VI of Scotland) published a compendium on witchcraft lore called "Dæmonologie". It was also published in England in 1603 when James acceded to the English throne.
This chapter discusses King James' Demonology, covering when it was written; its sources; its form, nature, and purpose; its aims and genre; its dialogue form; its thought, taxonomy, and rhetoric; and Protestant parodies. Books I, II, and III of Demonology are also described.
The beginning of "Daemonologie" sets the stage by addressing the widespread fear of witches during James I's reign, as the author outlines his intent to debunk opposing views that deny the existence of witchcraft and the power of the devil.
INTRODUCTION. HE Damonologie of King James, the Sixth of Scotland and First of England, was written, as the Royal author states in his Preface, to prove that ‘the assautes of Sathan are most certainly prac¬ tized, & that the instrumentes thereof, merits most severly to be punished.’. Such.