How to Kill a Witch is an examination of the early modern period’s witch hunts through the lens of Scotland (with a couple quick jaunts to other locales). I knew a decent amount of the worldwide epidemic of witch hunts, but not enough about Scotland specifically and my visit to Scotland back in 2023 is one of my favorite travels.   I appreciated most how Venditozzi and Mitchell lay out the way in which the cultural understanding of magic and witchcraft existed in the early modern period, its important […]