Date of Award
12-2020
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
History
First Advisor
Jacob Selwood
Second Advisor
Nick Wilding
Third Advisor
Jared Poley
Abstract
King James VI of Scotland took part in the prosecution of several witches between 1590 and 1592. As a result, the king composed and published a treatise on witchcraft that placed emphasis on popular European understandings of witchcraft, the Devil and Magic. This treatise subsequently had a profound influence on English and Scottish intellectual responses to witchcraft during the seventeenth century.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/20206634
Recommended Citation
Slaughter, Lashonda, "King James and the Intellectual Influences of the Witchcraft Phenomenon in England and Scotland." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/20206634
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