A narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girl; strangely molested by evil spirits and their instruments, in the west
collected from authentic testimonies, with a preface and postscript. Containing reflections on what is most material nor curious, either in the history or trial of the seven witches who were condemned and burnt in the Gallow Green, of Paisley
Also known as True narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girle
- First published:
- 18th century
- Language: English
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Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic
Subjects: Witchcraft, Early works to 1800, Scotland, Demoniac possession, Shaw, Christian, 1685?-, Paisley
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Witchcraft and folk magic.
Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “witches” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, “witches” in the edition subtitle, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
- “witchcraft”· via National Library of Scotland
- “witches”· in subtitle
- “Witchcraft”· in subject
- “witches”· in edition subtitle
- “Witchcraft”· in edition notes
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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collected from authentic testimonies, with a preface and postscript. Containing reflections on what is most material nor curious, either in the history or trial of the seven witches who were condemned and burnt in the Gallow Green, of Paisley National Bibliography of Scotland record 16 cm. (12mo); Anonymous. By Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen; Attribution from C.K. Sharpe: A historical account of the belief in witchcraft in Scotland, 1884, p. 171-2; Based on materials collected by John MacGilchrist; Concerning Christian Shaw; First published, in 1698, as: A true narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girle; xvi, [17]-120 p | 1775 | Printed and sold by Alexander Weir | English | — | Catalog record |
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Identifiers
- National Library of Scotland
- 9935837033804341
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- Catalog id
- national-library-of-scotland:9935837033804341
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- National library of scotland source record
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