Learned Credulity in Gianfrancesco Pico's Strix
In 1522-23, Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola was involved in trials that executed ten accused witches. Soon after the trials, he published Strix, sive de ludificatione daemonum, a meticulous defence of witch-hunting. A humanistic dialogue as heavily dependent on classical literature and philosophy...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Iter Press
[2019]
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Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2019, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 17-40 |
| RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBJ Italy KDB Roman Catholic Church NBH Angelology; demonology |
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