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  1. The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries is a historical study of the benandanti folk custom of 16th and 17th century Friuli, Northeastern Italy.

  2. Carlo Ginzburgs The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries deals with a previously little-known area of early modern European history. Ginzburg explores the case of the benandanti, or “good walkers”, who claimed to fight spirit battles against witches ensuring fruitful croups.

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  3. Oct 15, 2013 · A remarkable tale of witchcraft, folk culture, and persuasion in early modern Europe. Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives of Northern Italy, The Night Battles recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centered on the benandanti, literally, "good walkers."

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  4. The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Carlo Ginzburg. JHU Press, 1992 - History - 209 pages. Based on research in the Inquisitorial...

  5. A remarkable tale of witchcraft, folk culture, and persuasion in early modern Europe. Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives of Northern Italy, The Night Battles...

  6. Apr 18, 2011 · These men and women regarded themselves as professional anti-witches, who (in dream-like states) apparently fought ritual battles against witches and wizards, to protect their villages and harvests. If they won, the harvest would be good, if they lost, there would be famine.

  7. Jun 24, 2011 · The Night Battles (RLE Witchcraft): Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 1st Edition. by Carlo Ginzburg (Author) 4.6 76 ratings. Part of: Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft (9 books) See all formats and editions. Kindle. $19.71 - $21.90 Read with our Free App. Hardcover.

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    • Carlo Ginzburg