Her books include Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2001 2011) Fantastical Imaginations: The Supernatural in Scottish History and Culture (2009) andĪ History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland 1000 to 1600 (2011). She has appeared on radio and television and is widely published. John’s, and a PhD (History) from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She obtained her BA (Double Honours in History and Fine Art) from University of Guelph, Ontario, an MA (Folklore) from Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Mandatory Wet Gear and Frequently Asked Questionsīorn in Toronto, Canada, Lizanne now lives in southwest Scotland.How to Register and Important Booking Information.
Iceland to Greenland: In the Wake of the Vikings.This study seeks to illuminate the distinctiveness of the Scottish experience, to assess the impact of enlightenment thought upon witch belief, and to understand how these beliefs operated across all levels of Scottish society. For the latter the eradication of such beliefs equated with progress and civilization but for others, such as the devout, witch belief was a matter of faith, such that fear and dread of witches and their craft lasted well beyond the era of the major witch-hunts. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were undoubtedly a period of transition and redefinition of what constituted the supernatural, at the interface between folk belief and the philosophies of the learned.
Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment represents the first in-depth investigation of Scottish witchcraft and witch belief post-1662, the period of supposed decline of such beliefs, an age which has been referred to as the 'long eighteenth century', coinciding with the Scottish Enlightenment.
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