The supernatural in early modern Scotland

The supernatural in early modern ScotlandThis book is a collection of chapters on supernatural belief and practice in Scotland between 1500 and 1800. It deals with elite culture from political prophecy to astrology, theology and poetic visions. And it deals with popular culture from trances and visionary encounters with ghosts and fairies, to folkloric angels and Second Sight.

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