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Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

by Walter Scott

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1830
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Read by Deon Gines · 13 h 36 min · 15 parts

  1. Letter 1 Part 1

    69:06

  2. Letter 1 Part 2

    31:59

  3. Letter 2 Part 1

    65:30

  4. Letter 2 Part 2

    16:01

  5. Letter 3

    60:56

  6. Letter 4

    47:27

  7. Letter 5

    63:29

  8. Letter 6

    42:11

  9. Letter 7

    55:33

  10. Letter 8 Part 1

    57:28

  11. Letter 8 Part 2

    65:52

  12. Letter 9 Part 1

    69:04

  13. Letter 9 Part 2

    51:41

  14. Letter 10 Part 1

    61:48

  15. Letter 10 Part 2

    58:52

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Belief in spirits becomes a problem of evidence in Walter Scott's ten letters on witchcraft and demonology. Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, they draw on old narratives and criminal records to examine how people come to accept supernatural claims. The first letter considers dreams, sleepwalking, misleading sensations and the influence of other people's testimony. These topics give the collection a place in the history of ideas as well as the study of folklore.

Historical accusations receive a different kind of scrutiny. Scott discusses Jeanne's condemnation and the case of the Duchess of Gloucester, connecting charges of sorcery with political rivalry and religious hostility. His account also considers how public attention and severe inquiries helped spread fear.

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish poet and novelist who effectively invented the historical novel with works like Ivanhoe and Waverley. Enormously popular across Europe, he shaped how the nineteenth century imagined the past.

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First published
1830
Reading time
About 8 hours
Pages
210
Language
English
Genre
History
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Deon Gines