The Night Battles (RLE Witchcraft) : Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives, the book recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centred on the benandanti. These men and women regarded themselves as professional anti-witches, who (in dream-like states) apparently fought ritual battles against witches and wizards, to protec...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2012
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| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Night Battles: Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Eric Hobsbawm; Translators' note; Preface to the English edition; Preface to the Italian edition; I. The night battles; II. The processions of the dead; III. The benandanti between inquisitors and witches; IV. The benandanti at the sabbat; Appendix; Notes; Index of names.
