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Page 415
... Italy about 1460 , two inquisitors managed to gain admittance to a sabbat ; however , the en- raged crowd of witches ... Italian , Guazzo ( 1608 ) . Various derivations have been given for the word . It may best be regarded as simply the ...
... Italy about 1460 , two inquisitors managed to gain admittance to a sabbat ; however , the en- raged crowd of witches ... Italian , Guazzo ( 1608 ) . Various derivations have been given for the word . It may best be regarded as simply the ...
Page 484
... Italy and elsewhere . His major work , Quaestio de Strigibus [ On Witches ] ( 1523 ) , against a back- ground of specifically Italian magic , upheld belief in witches , especially their flight by night , sexual intercourse with demons ...
... Italy and elsewhere . His major work , Quaestio de Strigibus [ On Witches ] ( 1523 ) , against a back- ground of specifically Italian magic , upheld belief in witches , especially their flight by night , sexual intercourse with demons ...
Page 548
... Italian Savoy and the neighboring areas of Switzerland . Apparently the contagion spread from southern France through the Alpine valleys to northern Italy . Witchcraft was introduced and spread by the Inquisition , which had ...
... Italian Savoy and the neighboring areas of Switzerland . Apparently the contagion spread from southern France through the Alpine valleys to northern Italy . Witchcraft was introduced and spread by the Inquisition , which had ...
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