Second Sight: The Making of the Brahan Seer Legend
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This book considers the Brahan Seer legend in relation to aspects of Scottish Highland culture and society that shaped its development from the 16th century.
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Dr Alexander Sutherland is a historian and writer. He is an honorary senior teaching fellow in the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition at the University of Aberdeen. He has published works on Scottish witchcraft, second sight and prophecy, healthcare in the Scottish Highlands, a biography of the Scots American artist William Keith, cockfighting in Britain from antiquity to the Enlightenment, cockfighting in Britain since the Enlightenment, and is co-author of a history of the Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen.
Content
Contents: Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Stylistic Conventions - Introduction - The Fowlis Affair and the «Real» Coinneach Odhar? - Witchcraft Trials in Restoration Scotland: Rational Reluctance and Corrupt Exploitation - Enlightenment and Elite Interest in Second Sight - Coinneach Odhar in Oral Tradition - The Making of a Legend - The Power of Prophecy - Conclusion - Bibliography - Primary sources - Secondary sources - Index.
