The Resource Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy, by Marina Montesano, (electronic resource)
Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy, by Marina Montesano, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- This book explores the relationships between ancient witchcraft and its modern incarnation, and by doing so fills an important gap in the historiography. It is often noted that stories of witchcraft circulated in Greek and Latin classical texts, and that treatises dealing with witch-beliefs referenced them. Still, the role of humanistic culture and classical revival in the developing of the witch-hunts has not yet been fully researched. Marina Montesano examines Greek and Latin literature, revealing how particular features of ancient striges were carried into the Late Middle Ages, through the Renaissance and into the fifteenth century, when early Italian trials recall the myth of the strix common in ancient Latin sources and in popular memory. The final chapter also serves as a conclusion, to show how in Renaissance Italy and beyond, classical accounts of witchcraft ceased to be just stories, as they had formerly been, and were instead used to attest to the reality of witches' powers.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (IX, 278 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9783319920788
- Label
- Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
- Title
- Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
- Statement of responsibility
- by Marina Montesano
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book explores the relationships between ancient witchcraft and its modern incarnation, and by doing so fills an important gap in the historiography. It is often noted that stories of witchcraft circulated in Greek and Latin classical texts, and that treatises dealing with witch-beliefs referenced them. Still, the role of humanistic culture and classical revival in the developing of the witch-hunts has not yet been fully researched. Marina Montesano examines Greek and Latin literature, revealing how particular features of ancient striges were carried into the Late Middle Ages, through the Renaissance and into the fifteenth century, when early Italian trials recall the myth of the strix common in ancient Latin sources and in popular memory. The final chapter also serves as a conclusion, to show how in Renaissance Italy and beyond, classical accounts of witchcraft ceased to be just stories, as they had formerly been, and were instead used to attest to the reality of witches' powers.--
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- Montesano, Marina
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- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Springer eBooks.
- Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
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- History
- History, Ancient
- Italy
- Europe
- Civilization
- Social history
- Label
- Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy, by Marina Montesano, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- mixed
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- online resource
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- not applicable
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 978-3-319-92078-8
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (IX, 278 pages)
- File format
- multiple file formats
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9783319920788
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- uncompressed
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 10.1007/978-3-319-92078-8
- Other physical details
- 3 illustrations in color.
- Quality assurance targets
- absent
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1044733858
- Label
- Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy, by Marina Montesano, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- mixed
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 978-3-319-92078-8
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (IX, 278 pages)
- File format
- multiple file formats
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9783319920788
- Level of compression
- uncompressed
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1007/978-3-319-92078-8
- Other physical details
- 3 illustrations in color.
- Quality assurance targets
- absent
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1044733858
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