Louise Raw

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The BBC have branded Prince Harry's new memoir Spare "The weirdest book ever written by a royal".

Which is a great excuse to tell you that in 1597 King James VI & I published the Daemonologie, a book on necromancy, black magic, and how to find, test, and punish witches.

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“The BBC have branded Prince Harry's new memoir Spare "The weirdest book ever written by a royal". Which is a great excuse to tell you that in 1597 King James VI & I published the Daemonologie, a book on necromancy, black magic, and how to find, test, and punish witches.”

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Jan 12, 2023 at 9:05amWeb
Show threadMrTrevMcCarthyJan 12, 2023

@LouiseRaw

The main difference for me is that I’ve read Daemonologie and fully expect to do so again …

Show threadInky TartarsJan 12, 2023

@LouiseRaw

Minor history pedantry. In 1597 the ruling monarch in England was Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland didn't become James I (of England) until 1603. But then he really went mad for publishing superstitious nonsense, with his own version of the Bible no less 😂

Show threadAlexander Corby 🇵🇷Jan 12, 2023
@LouiseRaw We just did a heap of research on James VI for our theater unit on Macbeth. Who on earth decided to let that guy revise the bible?
Show threadDanaBlankenhornJan 12, 2023
@LouiseRaw Then there was King James' Bible.
Show threadBob DownieJan 12, 2023
@LouiseRaw
And for those seeking to read James VI/I 's text
http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=witchcraft162#mode/1up
Cornell University Library Digital Collections Bookreader

Show threadDerek VandivereJan 12, 2023
@LouiseRaw My brain initially parsed that as you saying you had written the book with James back in 1597. Time for a coffee.
Show threadpedro_wJan 12, 2023
@LouiseRaw
for some reason I chuckled at the '&c' at the end of James job description.
Show threadJason JonesJan 12, 2023
@LouiseRaw This is probably the only way I would ever even acknowledge a book from the leach…royals much less boost/respond.
Show threadChristian TillichJan 13, 2023
@LouiseRaw want a video of an American reading Deamonologie in OP? I haz link! 😂
Show threadjim68000Jan 13, 2023
@LouiseRaw and Daemonologie wasn’t (drumroll) ghost-written
Show threadacmJan 16, 2023
@LouiseRaw Another win for historians! #histodon