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Domestic Annals of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1861

Date of account: Published 1921
Source: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Reference: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology · selected passage 202
Rights: public_domain
Language: English with quoted European trial material
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Chambers, Robert. _Domestic Annals of Scotland._ Edinburgh, 1861. Chartier, Jean. _Chronique de Charles VII_ (ed. Vallet de Viriville). Paris, 1858. Chetham Society. _Moore Rental._ Manchester, 1847. ---- _Potts, Discoverie of Witchcraft._ Manchester, 1858. _Chronicon de Lanercost_ (ed. Stevenson). Maitland Club. Glasgow, 1839. _Collection of rare and curious Tracts relating to Witchcraft._ London, 1838. Cooper, Thomas. _Mystery of Witchcraft._ London, 1617. ---- _Pleasant Treatise of Witches._ London, 1673. Cotta, John. _Infallible, true and assured Witch._ London, 1625. ---- _Trial of Witchcraft._ London, 1616. County Folklore, iii. _Orkney._ London, 1901. Cunningham, Allan.

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