Witchcraft and folk magic

Sadducismus debellatus: or, A true narrative of the sorceries and witchcrafts exercis'd by the Devil and his instruments

upon Mrs. Christian Shaw, daughter of Mr. John Shaw, of Bargarran in the County of Renfrew in the West of Scotland, from Aug. 1696 to Apr. 1697. Containing the journal of her sufferings, as it was exhibited and prov'd by the voluntary confession of some of the witches, and other unexceptionable evidence, before the Commissioners appointed by the Privy Council of Scotland to enquire into the same. Collected from the records. Together with reflexions upon witchcraft in general, and the learned arguments of the lawyers, on both sides, at the trial of seven of those witches who were condemned: and some passages which happened at their execution

Also known as True narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girle; strangely molested, by evil spirits and their instruments, in the west

by Francis Grant Cullen

First published:
17th century
Language: English

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Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic

Subjects: Witchcraft, Early works to 1800, Scotland, England, Demoniac possession, Trials (Witchcraft), Executions and executioners, Shaw, Christian

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Witchcraft and folk magic
Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subtitle, “witches” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
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- “Witchcraft”· in subtitle
- “witches”· in subtitle
- “Witchcraft”· in subject
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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
upon Mrs. Christian Shaw, daughter of Mr. John Shaw, of Bargarran in the County of Renfrew in the West of Scotland, from Aug. 1696 to Apr. 1697. Containing the journal of her sufferings, as it was exhibited and prov'd by the voluntary confession of some of the witches, and other unexceptionable evidence, before the Commissioners appointed by the Privy Council of Scotland to enquire into the same. Collected from the records. Together with reflexions upon witchcraft in general, and the learned arguments of the lawyers, on both sides, at the trial of seven of those witches who were condemned: and some passages which happened at their execution National Bibliography of Scotland record (4to); [8], 60 p; An expanded and partly rewritten edition of: A true narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girle; strangely molested, by evil spirits and their instruments, in the west (Wing C7475B); Anonymous. By Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, based on materials collected by John MacGilchrist	1698	Printed for H. Newman and A. Bell; at the Grasshopper in the Poultry, and at the Crosse-Keys and Bible in Cornhill near Stocks-Market	English	—	Catalog record	National Library of Scotland (opens in a new tab)