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The North Berwick Witches meet the Devil in the local kirkyard, from a contemporary pamphlet, Newes from Scotland. In early modern Scotland, in between the early 16th century and the mid-18th century, judicial proceedings concerned with the crimes of witchcraft (Scottish Gaelic: buidseachd) took place as part of a series of witch trials in Early Modern Europe.
Witches of Scotland was a campaign for legal pardons and historic justice for the people, primarily women, convicted of witchcraft and executed in Scotland between 1563 and 1736. A formal apology was made on 8 March 2022. The aim was also to establish a national memorial for the convicted from the Scottish parliament. [1]
Woodcut image from Newes from Scotland (1591) depicting the devil with Agnes Sampson, one of the witches detailed in the survey [1]. The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft is an online database of witch trials in early modern Scotland, containing details of 3,837 accused gathered from contemporary court documents covering the period from 1563 until the repeal of the Scottish Witchcraft Act in 1736. [2]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Witchcraft in Scotland" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
False witch-pricking bodkins from Reginald Scott's Discovery of Witchcraft, 1584. The great Scottish witch hunt of 1649–50 was a series of witch trials in Scotland.It is one of five major hunts identified in early modern Scotland and it probably saw the most executions in a single year.
Dirleton Castle – in 1649 six witches were accused of witchcraft in Dirleton and held in the castle pit prison ; Brodie Castle – Alexander Brodie of Brodie’s involvement in the case of Isobel Gowdie. Newhailes House – James, first Viscount Stair and his debate on witchcraft and the law. St Magnus Cathedral – site of Orkney witch ...
The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597 was a series of nationwide witch trials that took place in the whole of Scotland from March to October 1597. At least 400 people were put on trial for witchcraft and various forms of diabolism during the witch hunt. The exact number of those executed is unknown, but is believed to be about 200.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history ... The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597. [2]