The Scottish Witchcraft Act

Abstract

Few acts of the Scottish parliament can have had such deadly consequences as the following, passed on June 4, 1563: Anentis Witchcraftis.ITEM Forsamekill as the Quenis Majestie and thre Estatis in this present Parliament being informit, that the havy and abominabill superstitioun usit be divers of the liegis of this Realme, be using of Witchcraftis, Sorsarie and Necromancie, and credence gevin thairto in tymes bygane aganis the Law of God: And for avoyding and away putting of all sic vane superstitioun in tymes tocum: ¶ It is statute and ordanit be the Quenis Majestie, and thre Estatis foirsaidis, that na maner of persoun nor persounis, of quhatsumever estate, degre or conditioun thay be of, tak upone hand in ony tymes heirefter, to use ony maner of Witchcraftis, Sorsarie or Necromancie, nor gif thame selfis furth to have ony sic craft or knawlege thairof, thairthrow abusand the pepill: Nor that na persoun seik ony help, response or cosultatioun at ony sic usaris or abusaris foirsaidis of Witchcraftis, Sorsareis or Necromancie, under the pane of deid, alsweill to be execute aganis the usar, abusar, as the seikar of the response or consultatioun.

Pelopidarum secunda: a ‘site of memory’ in the history of Elizabethan revenge tragedy

“…*** the murder of her second husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; the association was made for instance by the Scottish poet Robert Sempill, whose poems circulated in England too. 118 Anti-Marian propaganda associated the queen also with classical sorceresses such as Medea and Circe; while the Scottish Witchcraft Act was passed under Mary's reign, 119 George Buchanan draws attention to the fact that in one of the Casket letters, Mary styled herself as Medea, 'a bloody woman and as poisoning witch' in Ane detectioun of the duinges of Marie Quene of Scottes (1571), which was printed and circulated in England. 120 Finally, Edmund Spenser probably alluded to Mary in the figure of the witch Acrasia.…”

Kral VI. (1.) James Döneminde İskoçya'da ve İngiltere'de Cadı Avı

“…41 İskoçya'da Protestanlığın yayılmasını sağlamaya yönelik Protestan Kilisesi'nin ve Reformasyon Parlamentosu'nun çabalarının bir parçası olan 1563 tarihli The Witchcraft Act, net bir cadılık tanımı yapmaksızın, cadılık ve cadılara danışmayı ölüm cezası gerektiren bir suç olarak tanımlamıştır. 42 The Witchcraft Act 150 yıl içinde yaklaşık 2.000 kişinin idam edilmesine sebep olmuştur. 43 yapmasının başlıca nedeni Avrupa'da reformasyon süreci bağlamında artan cadı korkusunun İngiltere'ye de ulaşması olsa gerektir.…”

Hunting, healing & human-land relationships: A reflective inquiry into health and well-being explored through indigenous-informed hunting practices, land-relationships & ways of knowing.

“…Likewise, many Irish and Scottish workers who, in coming to North America, were attempting to flee a violent history in Europe. In fact, many of the land-based European communities, that honoured land, plants and animals in a similar manner as do the Indigenous peoples of North American, had themselves endured violent attacks during the time of the "witch burnings" occurring across Europe between the 14 th and 18 th centuries (Goodare, 2005;Levack, 2015).…”