Gattung: |
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Autor/Herausgeber: |
Wolfgang Behringer Normierte Form: Behringer, Wolfgang [Wolfgang Behringer] |
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Titel:
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Detecting the Ultimate Conspiracy, or how Waldensians became Witches
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Sammelband: |
Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe : from the Waldensians to the French Revolution | ||
Erscheinungsjahr: |
2004 | ||
Seiten: |
13 - 34 | ||
Schlagwörter: |
Amadeus VIII (Herzog von Savoyen, 1416-1434) - Umgang mit den Waldensern Hexen und Waldenser - 1400-1500 Waldenser - Verschwörungen |
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Zusammenfassung/Kommentar: |
The identification of witchcraft and Waldensianism has not been the mere result of a labelling process, but rather that certain elements in the practice of Waldensianism made such a transformation plausible. In particular the holiness of the masters, their supernatural abilities, and above all the brethren's journeys to the "other world", their shamanistic qualities, could have served as a tertium comparationis between Waldensians and witches. |