12 February 2024, Starts: 19:30

The Last Witch of Scotland

Online talk by Philip Paris

Organised by Fortrose and Rosemarkie Local History Group. Talks are open to members, with membership costing £5/year. To apply for membership send your name (as it will appear in Zoom gallery) and your email address to fortroserosemarkiehistory@gmail.com. 

The historical fiction, 'The Last Witch of Scotland', was inspired by the extraordinary story of Janet Horne, the last person in Britain to be executed for witchcraft (Dornoch, 1727). 

The witchcraft trials are the result of a vast, complex and fascinating period of social history and during his talk Philip Paris will discuss what was driving these persecutions in Scotland, a country where you were five times more likely (per head of population) to be accused of witchcraft than in the rest of Europe.