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The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries The result of this cultural clash, which lasted for more than a century, was the slow metamorphosis of the benandanti into the Inquisition's mortal enemieswitches. While their bodies slept, th
| Title | : | The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (539 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 1421409925 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-01 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
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 century, was the slow metamorphosis of the benandanti into the Inquisition's mortal enemieswitches.Relying upon this exceptionally well-documented case study, Ginzburg argues that a similar transformation of attitudesperceiving folk beliefs as diabolical witchcrafttook place a
Carlo Ginzburg has taught at the University of Bologna, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. The recipent of the 2010 International Balzan Prize, he is author of The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller and Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method, also published by Johns Hopkins.
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Spradley and his associates observe what occurs in a bar near a college, describing the culture established in the bar. No matter what the quibbles I have with it, it's the best of the best. If you like metal or sociology (or both, as I do) then you’ll find this fascinating..
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