Ghosts in Enlightenment Scotland /
Scotland is famed for being a haunted nation, "whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry". Medieval Scots told stories of restless souls and walking corpses, but after the 1560 Reformation, witches and demons became the focal point for explorations of the supernatural. Ghosts re-emerged in sch...
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| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA :
The Boydell Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Scottish historical review monograph second series.
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Table of Contents:
- Medieval and Reformation ghosts
- Evangelising ghosts
- Scepticism and debate
- Gothic and romantic ghosts
- Ghosts in popular culture.