Witchcraft & Folk Magic
PUBLIC DOMAINIrish Witchcraft and Demonology
- Original publication
- 1913
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 109
- File size
- 285.4 KB
Seymour recovers Ireland’s scattered trials, possessions and demonic legends, drawing forgotten accusations from court records into the dim light of historical inquiry.
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Published in 1913, St. John D. Seymour’s study gathers Irish witchcraft cases that had long remained dispersed through chronicles and legal records. From Alice Kyteler to possession narratives and local accusations, it examines how imported demonology intersected with Ireland’s religious and political conflicts. The book is valuable as history, though its sources reflect the prejudices of their age. Its recovered voices rise from neglected files like whispers from chambers where belief, authority and fear once judged the invisible.
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Early twentieth-century Ireland
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