FROM BISHOP TO WITCH: THE SYSTEM OF THE SACRED IN EARLY MODERN TERRA D'OTRANTO

GENTILCORE, David

ISBN 10: 0719036402 ISBN 13: 9780719036408

Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1992

Language: English

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8vo. pp x, [ii], 292. Brown paper dust jacket with black lettering and red and black illustration. Publisher's black buckram lettered in gilt at spine.ISBN: 0719036402 Near fine, very subtle lean. In very good dust jacket with small nick at bottom front corner.

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Title: FROM BISHOP TO WITCH: THE SYSTEM OF THE SACRED IN EARLY MODERN TERRA D'OTRANTO
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0719036402
ISBN 13: 9780719036408
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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A reconstruction of the complexities of ritual behavior and attitudes toward the sacred in a Mediterranean society. Focusing on the 250 years following the reforming Council of Trent, Gentilcore explores the complex response of a traditional society to these reforms, highlighting the integration of orthodox beliefs and practices into an existing framework of local ritual, magic, and folklore. Distributed in the US and Canada by St. Martin's. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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