01.18 - The Discovery of Witchcraft

Was James VI and I truly the witch-hunting, demon-studying zealot that he has traditionally been seen as? Today we take a look at the court of King James, and hear about the trials that dotted his early reign. Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax In this episode I made particular use of the following publications: - Holmes, R., Witchcraft in British History (1974) - MacFarlane, A., Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England (London, 1970) - Levack, B., 'State-Building and Witch Hunting', in Darren Oldridge (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader (London, 2002) - Poole, R., (ed.), The Lancashire Witches: Histories and Stories (2002) A full bibliography is on the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices