03090nam 2200685Ia 450 991096234980332120251117095345.01-136-74011-21-280-68494-197866136618831-136-74012-00-203-81900-410.4324/9780203819005 (CKB)2550000000100269(EBL)801837(OCoLC)797919177(SSID)ssj0000691910(PQKBManifestationID)11448061(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000691910(PQKBWorkID)10635355(PQKB)11687482(MiAaPQ)EBC801837(Au-PeEL)EBL801837(CaPaEBR)ebr10558675(CaONFJC)MIL366188(OCoLC)794227899(EXLCZ)99255000000010026919940829d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe night battles witchcraft & agrarian cults in the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries /Carlo Ginzburg ; translated by John & Anne Tedeschi1st ed.Milton Park, Abington, Oxon ;New York Routledge20111 online resource (241 p.)Routledge library editions : witchcraft ;4Translation of: I benandanti.Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983.1-138-99799-4 0-415-61926-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 namesBased 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 harvest would be good, if they lost, there would be famine. The inquisitors tried to fit them into their pre-existing images of the witches' sabbat. The result of this cultural clash which lasted over a century, was the slow metamorphosis of the benRoutledge Library Editions: WitchcraftWitchcraftItalyFriuliFriuli (Italy)Religious life and customsWitchcraft133.4309409031398.41094539398/.41/094539Ginzburg Carlo142458MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962349803321The night battles4498473UNINA