The canon law scholarship has always been considered as one of the main factors determining the cultural premises of the early modern phenomenon of witch-hunting. The aim of this paper is to verify such assumption, by identifying the different magic practices that were prohibited in the canon law sources and reconstructing the legal thought that was developed by ius commune scholars on these matters in the different phases of the legal history of the Church in the Middle Ages.
Medieval Canon Law Scholarship and its Repression of Magic Practices: a Cultural Premise of Early Modern Witch-Hunting? / Boldrini, Federica. - (2023), pp. 134-186.
Medieval Canon Law Scholarship and its Repression of Magic Practices: a Cultural Premise of Early Modern Witch-Hunting?
federica boldrini
2023-01-01
Abstract
The canon law scholarship has always been considered as one of the main factors determining the cultural premises of the early modern phenomenon of witch-hunting. The aim of this paper is to verify such assumption, by identifying the different magic practices that were prohibited in the canon law sources and reconstructing the legal thought that was developed by ius commune scholars on these matters in the different phases of the legal history of the Church in the Middle Ages.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
