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North Berwick
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Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland
This volume provides a valuable introduction to the key concepts of witchcraft and demonology through a detailed study of one of the best known and most notorious episodes of Scottish history, the North Berwick witch hunt, in which King James was involved as alleged victim, interrogator, judge and demonologist. It provides hitherto unpublished and inaccessible material from the legal documentation of the trials in a way that makes the material fully comprehensible, as well as full texts of the pamphlet News from Scotland and James' Demonology, all in a readable, modernised, scholarly form. Full introductory sections and supporting notes provide information about the contexts needed to understand the texts: court politics, social history and culture, religious changes, law and the workings of the court, and the history of witchcraft prosecutions in Scotland before 1590. The book also brings to bear on this material current scholarship on the history of European witchcraft.
Nothing Ever Happens in North Berwick
Judgement Day. Scotland Some believe Satan is a big, red, ugly bastard with hooves, horns and a massive heating bill while others might support Rangers. When a Catholic priest, with exorcism on his mind, visits North Berwick, he sees a Masonic Plot which he believes will bring about the end of times. The idea that a quiet little town in East Lothian, where nothing ever happens, could be the location of the final battle between Good and Evil seems a little far-fetched but what do you believe? A tale of drink, drunks and cosmic conflict.
