Night Battles Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Name: Night Battles Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
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ISBN: 9781421409924

ISBN-10: 1421409925

ISBN-13: 9781421409924

Edition: 2013

Authors: Carlo Ginzburg, John. Tedeschi, Anne C. Tedeschi

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Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives of Northern Italy, The Night Battles recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centered on the benandanti, literally, "good walkers." These men and women described fighting extraordinary ritual battles against witches and wizards in order to protect their harvests. While their bodies slept, the souls of the benandanti were able to fly into the night sky to engage in epic spiritual combat for the good of the village. Carlo Ginzburg looks at how the Inquisition's officers interpreted these tales to support their world view that the peasants were in fact practicing sorcery. The result of this cultural clash, which lasted for more than a…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Carlo Ginzburgis retired from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy). He is the author of numerous books that have been translated into English includingThe Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller.



Preface to the 2013 Edition


Foreword



Translatorsï¿½ Note


Preface to the English Edition


Preface to the Italian Edition



The Night Battles



The Processions of the Dead



The Benandanti between Inquisitors and Witches



The Benandanti at the Sabbat


Appendix


Notes


Index of Names