{"product_id":"ecstasies-deciphering-the-witches-sabbath-carlo-ginzburg","title":"Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath — Carlo Ginzburg","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"1027\"\u003eAuthor: Carlo Ginzburg\u003cbr data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"899\"\u003ePublisher: Hutchinson Radius\u003cbr data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"930\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"967\"\u003eEdition: First English edition, 1990\u003cbr data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1006\"\u003eISBN: 0-09-174024-X\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1281\"\u003eCondition: Very good second-hand hardcover condition with light shelf wear, minor rubbing and handling marks to the dust jacket, and light edge wear. Binding appears firm and pages are clean and readable. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1406\"\u003eEcstasies is a major work of witchcraft history, folklore, and religious scholarship by acclaimed historian Carlo Ginzburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1408\" data-end=\"1827\"\u003eIn this influential study, Ginzburg investigates the origins and meanings of the witches’ Sabbath, tracing its roots through trial records, folk traditions, shamanic motifs, visionary journeys, animal transformations, ecstatic flight, and older layers of European myth. Rather than treating witchcraft only as persecution or fantasy, he explores the deeper symbolic and cultural patterns behind the idea of the Sabbath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"2079\"\u003eDense, strange, and highly regarded, this is an important title for readers interested in witchcraft history, medieval and early modern Europe, folk religion, ecstatic traditions, heresy, persecution, and the hidden survivals of pre-Christian belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2098\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2412\"\u003eCarlo Ginzburg is an Italian historian best known for his work in microhistory, witchcraft studies, and popular belief. His books, including \u003cem data-start=\"2241\" data-end=\"2267\"\u003eThe Cheese and the Worms\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2269\" data-end=\"2288\"\u003eThe Night Battles\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"2294\" data-end=\"2305\"\u003eEcstasies\u003c\/em\u003e, have had a major influence on the study of folklore, heresy, religion, and early modern European culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49175159275743,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_1754.jpg?v=1778749384","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/ecstasies-deciphering-the-witches-sabbath-carlo-ginzburg","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}