The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by Carlo Ginzburg

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

Carlo Ginzburg with John Tedeschi (Translator), Anne C. Tedeschi (Translator)

208 pages first pub 1966 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced

Description

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 ...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 68 reviews

Moods

informative 100%
mysterious 50%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 25%

Average rating

3.81

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.