witchcraft – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:20:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg witchcraft – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Scottish Witches https://www.maproomblog.com/2019/09/scottish-witches/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:20:14 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1787808 More]]> witches logoThe University of Edinburgh’s online Witches map is the result of a data and visualization internship project—the intern cheekily referred to as the Witchfinder General—to put the data from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database on the map. Nearly four thousand people were accused of witchcraft in Scotland between 1563 and 1736; nearly 85 percent were women. The mapped data includes where the accused lived, where they were detained, where they were put on trial, and where they died, when that data is available. Story at The Scotsman.

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