Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

by Marina Montesano

Book Overview

Introduction.- Prototypes: Magic and Witchcraft in Greece.- The Witch as a Woman: Tales of Magic in Rome.- Maleficia: From Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages.- 'A Company That Go the Course'.- 'Let's Send Up Some Incense to the Lord!'.- The Italian Quattrocento.- 'Twelve Thousand Circes'.- Bibliography.- Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030063585
• ISBN13: 9783030063580
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"