Witch-hunting in Scotland : law, politics, and religion / Brian P. Levack.

New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.

x, 217 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-209) and index.

Witch-hunting in Scotland and England -- Witchcraft and the law in early modern Scotland -- King James VI and witchcraft -- Witch-hunting in revolutionary Britain -- The great Scottish witch-hunt of 1661-2 -- Absolutism, state-building, and witchcraft -- Demonic possession and witch-hunting in Scotland -- The decline and end of Scottish witch-hunting -- Witch-hunting and witch-murder in early eighteenth-century Scotland.