{"product_id":"the-night-battles-witchcraft-agrarian-cults-in-the-sixteenth-seventeenth-centuries-carlo-ginzburg","title":"The Night Battles: Witchcraft \u0026 Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth \u0026 Seventeenth Centuries — Carlo Ginzburg","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1241\"\u003eAuthor: Carlo Ginzburg\u003cbr data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1108\"\u003ePublisher: Routledge \u0026amp; Kegan Paul\u003cbr data-start=\"1141\" data-end=\"1144\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1181\"\u003eEdition: First English edition, 1983\u003cbr data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1220\"\u003eISBN: 0-7100-9507-4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1592\"\u003eCondition: Good vintage second-hand hardcover condition with visible shelf wear, rubbing, age marks and handling marks to the dust jacket, including light creasing and wear to the spine ends and corners. Binding appears firm and pages are clean and readable, with light age toning consistent with age. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1836\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1613\"\u003eThe Night Battles\u003c\/em\u003e is Carlo Ginzburg’s influential study of the \u003cem data-start=\"1659\" data-end=\"1671\"\u003ebenandanti\u003c\/em\u003e, a group of sixteenth and seventeenth-century Friulian peasants who claimed to leave their bodies at night to battle witches and protect the fertility of the crops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1838\" data-end=\"2171\"\u003eDrawing on Inquisition records, Ginzburg reconstructs a strange world of visionary combat, agrarian ritual, folk belief, fertility magic, and early modern religious conflict. The book examines how local traditions were gradually interpreted through the language of witchcraft, heresy, and diabolical conspiracy by church authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2422\"\u003eA major work of witchcraft history and microhistory, this is an important title for readers interested in European folk magic, early modern religion, witch trials, ecstatic traditions, agrarian cults, and the hidden survival of pre-Christian belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2424\" data-end=\"2441\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2443\" data-end=\"2755\"\u003eCarlo Ginzburg is an Italian historian best known for his work in microhistory, witchcraft studies, and popular belief. His books, including \u003cem data-start=\"2584\" data-end=\"2610\"\u003eThe Cheese and the Worms\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2612\" data-end=\"2631\"\u003eThe Night Battles\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"2637\" data-end=\"2648\"\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":49175344709855,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_1799.jpg?v=1778759856","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/the-night-battles-witchcraft-agrarian-cults-in-the-sixteenth-seventeenth-centuries-carlo-ginzburg","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}