Before the Fire Burns: Trials for Superstition, Magic, and Witchcraft in Sixteenth-Century Bologna

This article investigates the factors that provoked the trial and death sentence of four witches in Bologna in 1559. That is, it aims to elucidate how a witch hunt (albeit a small one) was triggered in a context where demonology was present, but the persecution of witchcraft had been kept at a relat...

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Main Author: Dall’Olio, Guido (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B Superstition
B early modern European witchcraft
B Inquisition
B Magic
B bologna
B early modern ecclesiastical courts
B European witch trials
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