The town is now best known as a seaside town that's perfect for a family getaway - but this wasn't always the case, and the ...
The scale of this witch hunt caused people to question the whole process of trying people for witchcraft. An illustration from George Mackenzie's 1678 book 'Law and Customs in Scotland in Matters ...
In Scotland until the 1500s, witchcraft was seen as a religious rather than a criminal issue. Anyone accused of witchcraft was usually dealt with in local church courts. In 1563, that changed.
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