ScotlandsFest: Edinburgh Witch or Just a B*tch? - Mary Craig

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Hear the little-known story of one Edinburgh woman accused of witchcraft in the mid-17th century, warts and all.

About ScotlandsFest: Edinburgh Witch or Just a B*tch? - Mary Craig

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Unravel the curious case of Agnes Finnie, a mid-17th century shopkeeper in Edinburgh’s Potterrow accused of witchcraft. Shopkeeper, moneylender, healer – was she helping her neighbours or terrorising the neighbourhood? What finally drove the neighbourhood to denounce Agnes as a witch? Dragged from the Potterrow to court, her trial exposed the fear and squalor of life in the tenements, the indifference of Edinburgh’s gentry and the hypocrisy of the Kirk.

Historian Mary Craig tells the true story of Agnes Finnie, warts and all.

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