{"product_id":"the-night-battles-witchcraft-agrarian-cults-in-the-sixteenth-seventeenth-centuries","title":"The Night Battles: Witchcraft \u0026 Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth \u0026 Seventeenth Centuries","description":"Based 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 witchesâ sabbat. The result of this cultural clash which lasted over a century, was the slow metamorphosis of the benandanti into their enemies â the witches. Carlo Ginzburg shows clearly how this transformation of the popular notion of witchcraft was manipulated by the Inquisitors, and disseminated all over Europe and even to the New World. The peasantsâ fragmented and confused testimony reaches us with great immediacy, enabling us to identify a level of popular belief which constitutes a valuable witness for the reconstruction of the peasant way of thinking of this age.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0140076883\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0140076883.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Carlo Ginzburg|John Tedeschi|Anne Tedeschi\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41704861564986,"sku":"DBV.0140076883.G","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0140076883-0.jpg?v=1790476822","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-night-battles-witchcraft-agrarian-cults-in-the-sixteenth-seventeenth-centuries","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}