Notes on the Nature of Beliefs in Witchcraft
Folklore and Classical Culture in Fifteenth Century Mendicant Traditions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16901976 |
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| Authors | Fabrizio Conti (0009-0009-1863-0389, John Cabot University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 576 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10100576 |
| OpenAlex | W2980729784 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Witchcraft is a varied historical phenomenon with changing sociocultural aspects according to the times and the places considered. Nonetheless, it is possible to trace the different cultural substrata giving shape to witch-beliefs in order to shed light on their process of amalgamation. The aim of this study is to show how the folkloric and the Classical literary motives were intertwined in the fifteenth century by figures lauded as the high intellectuals of the time, Franciscan and Dominican preachers and inquisitors, to produce a coherent and multifaceted picture of witchcraft-related beliefs. By putting some of the most significant sources that I have analyzed in my monograph Witchcraft, Superstition, and Observant Franciscan Preachers in relation to others that I have not considered before composed by the same or different authors, my aim is to show how this process of combination of various cultural traditions gave shape to the creation and the understanding of the witchcraft phenomenon. Furthermore, I also intend to highlight how the at times contradictory views concerning witch-beliefs, pointing either to realistic or to skeptical stances, are related to specific declensions of those different traditions on the part of the friars
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cultural phenomenon · Epistemology · Fifteenth · Folklore · Folkloristics · Literature · Mythology · Phenomenon · Skepticism · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Superstition · Witch · Anthropology · Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture
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Mythologies of Witchcraft in the Fifteenth Century
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