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The Scottish Witch Trials: Fear, Faith, and the Kirk
While the Jacobite risings and the Enlightenment dominate popular memory of Scotland, a darker chapter unfolded in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the witch hunts. This episode explores how the Protestant Reformation and the personal obsession of King James VI transformed Scotland into one of Europe’s most intense centers for prosecuting witches. We examine the North Berwick witch trials of 1590, where James himself became a central witness to alleged satanic storms targeting his fleet, and how this royal fixation shaped legal statutes that led to thousands of executions across the…
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