Appel à contribution : « Beyond the Sabbath. Witchcraft and its Stereotypes in Early Modern Europe », Florence, Palazzo Alberti, 16 septembre 2022, date limite le 1er juillet 2022
The antisocial character of witches has always been perceived as a danger to the established order. While the conventional stereotypes associated with witches have now been questioned and—to some extent—recalibrated, a constant factor that persists is the degree to which the “fama di strega” has played a fundamental role in prosecutorial processes. The aim of this conference is to reassess the broad assumption that social and cultural categories associated with individuals accused of witchcraft in...