Ecstasies : Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath / Carlo Ginzburg ; translated by Raymond Rosenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ginzburg, Carlo, author.

Contributor:

Rosenthal, Raymond, 1915-1995, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sabbat.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Summary:

Weaving early accounts of witchcraft—trial records, ecclesiastical tracts, folklore, and popular iconography—into new and startling patterns, Carlo Ginzburg presents in Ecstasies compelling evidence of a hidden shamanistic culture that flourished across Europe and in England for thousands of years.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Part One

1. Lepers, Jews, Muslims

2. Jews, Heretics, Witches

Part Two

1. Following the Goddess

2. Anomalies

3. To Combat in Ecstasy

4. Disguised as Animals

Part Three

1. Eurasian Conjectures

2. Bones and Skin

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226839448

0226839443

OCLC:

1430657799