RAWS Presents Dr Lesley Niezynski Trading Terror For Souls
Dr Lesley Niezynski RAWS trustee presents Trading Terror for Souls: The role of the kirk in the 1649-1662 Haddington Witch Panic,
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RAWS Presents Dr Lesley Niezynski Trading Terror For Souls
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Trading Terror for Souls; The role of the Kirk in the 1649-1662 Haddington Witch Panics
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When examining the role of the Church in the Scottish witch hunts, research has consistently shown that there is no (obvious) financial motive for their “enthusiastic” pursuit of the Devil’s servants. Accounting and financial records show quite the opposite, prosecuting a witch was an expensive affair, but what if following the money can lead us to alternative motive? This talk takes us to 1650s/60s Haddington where we exam the Kirks accounting records to show how the fear of death and damnation was used by the Kirk to gain a treasure far more valuable than money; power.
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Lesley Niezynski is an accounting historian at Heriot-Watt University and creator of ‘Accounting for Humanity’. Her research focuses on the role of accounting as a form of storytelling; where accounting records, practices and methods can be used to shed light on new narratives around historical events. Her special interests include Early Modern history, technology and socio-cultural anthropology.
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