Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey
This article critically assesses Italian scholarship on the history of witchcraft over the last 60 years. Beginning with Carlo Ginzburg’s influential <i>Night Battles</i> (published in 1966 and translated to English in 1983) and ending with the recent work of Matteo Duni, Tamar Herzig, V...
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| description | This article critically assesses Italian scholarship on the history of witchcraft over the last 60 years. Beginning with Carlo Ginzburg’s influential <i>Night Battles</i> (published in 1966 and translated to English in 1983) and ending with the recent work of Matteo Duni, Tamar Herzig, Vincenzo Lavenia and Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, the article traces the intellectual contexts and shifts in historiographical debates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de22b5fcf121424e96f64b33cd027c4c2023-11-18T03:04:39ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-05-0114561010.3390/rel14050610Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical SurveyMichaela Valente0Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5-00185 Roma, ItalyThis article critically assesses Italian scholarship on the history of witchcraft over the last 60 years. Beginning with Carlo Ginzburg’s influential <i>Night Battles</i> (published in 1966 and translated to English in 1983) and ending with the recent work of Matteo Duni, Tamar Herzig, Vincenzo Lavenia and Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, the article traces the intellectual contexts and shifts in historiographical debates.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/5/610witchcraftinquisitioncounter-reformation Italyhistoriographymicrohistory |
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| title | Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey |
| title_full | Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey |
| title_fullStr | Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey |
| title_short | Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey |
| title_sort | witch hunting and prosecuting in early modern italy a historiographical survey |
| topic | witchcraft inquisition counter-reformation Italy historiography microhistory |
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