Peter Maxwell-Stuart

MA (Cantab.), PhD (St. And.) F R Hist S. F S A Scot - Honorary Reader

 

 
Contact Details

E-mail - pgm1@st-and.ac.uk

 

 

Teaching and Research Interests

Latin for postgraduates, the occult sciences, particularly of early modern Europe, with specialism in magic and witchcraft. Currently engaged in major study of witchcraft in 17th-century Scotland, and the occult mindset of the late Middle Ages and early modern period.

Main Publications

Widely published in both Latin and Greek, as well as History. Recent publications include:

  • Ghosts, A History, (Tempus, 2007)
  • Edited Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum , (Manchester University Press 2007)
  • 'The contemporary historical debate, 1400-1800', in Davie & Blécourt: The Historiography of Witchcraft, (Manchester University Press 2007)
  • The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy (Hambledon: Continuum 2008)
  • 'James VI's changing views on witchcraft', in J. Newton: Reactions to the 1604 Witchcraft Act, (Brill 2008)
  • 'Astrology and same-sex relations', in K. Borris: The Occult Sciences and Same-Sex Love in Early Modern Europe, (Routledge 2008)
  • The Devil: From Early Modern Times to the Present (Amberley Publications 2009)'
  • 'Entering the Courts of Heaven: rituals of initiation in late antiquity', in T. Stewart: Seeking the Light: Freemasonry and Initiatic Traditions, (Canonbury 2009)
  • 'Astrology: From Babylonian Times to the Present Day' (Amberley Publications 2010)
  • Witch Beliefs and Witch Trials in the Middle Ages: Documents and Readings (Hambledon: Continuum 2011)

Forthcoming Publications

  • 'Reformation Understandings of Superstition, Magic and Witchcraft in T & T Clash Guide to Reformation Theology' 2010
  • 'Poltergeists: A History of Violent Ghostly Phenomena' (Amberley Publications 2011)
  • 'Astrology, magic and witchcraft' in A Hadfield (ed.), The Oxford Handbook to English Prose. c. 1500-1640' (OUP 2012)
  • 'Francois Perraud', ''Pittenweem Witches', History of Witchcraft in Scotland', Aberdeen Witches in G Gersmann, K Moeller, J-M Schmidt (eds) Encyclopaedia of the History of Witch-Hunting @ Historicum.net
  • 'Performing magic in the ancient world' in O. Davies (ed.), Oxford Ilustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic (OUP 2012)

He is also working on the third volume of his History of Magic and Witchcraft in Scotland, and also preparing a book on magical gems and amulets.

 

Main Publications