BACKGROUND TO MACBETH: RESEARCH ACTIVITY General Information: Shakespeare Resource Centre What are the Fates? The Norns? Who was/is Hecate? Three Witches (from Wikipedia) The Norns (from Wikipedia) The Scottish/Classical Hybrid Witches in Macbeth Hecate Shakespeare on line Witchcraft in Elizabethan England: Elizabethan Witchcraft and Witches Witches in Scotland during Shakespeare’s time: The Historical Context of Macbeth National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland Scottish Witch Hunts National Library of Scotland James VI National Library of Scotland. Witches in Scottish literature National Library of Scotland. The context of the Scottish Witch Hunts Shakespeare’s Historical Sources for Macbeth: Shakespeare Online. Historical Sources for Macbeth Theatre History. Historical Sources of Macbeth The Historical Context of Macbeth Performance of Macbeth: Macbeth. Play by William Shakespeare Kinglear.org. Macbeth Performance History Chronology of plays by William Shakespeare King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England and Witchcraft: Witches and King James Scotland's History. North Berwick Witch Trials Scotland's History. James VI and I A Brief History of Witchcraft Persecutions before Salem