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The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
The Night Battles Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
Author: Carlo Ginzburg
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 protect their villages and harvests. If they won, the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801843860
ISBN-10: 0801843863
Publication Date: 3/1/1992
Pages: 232
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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