Mirandola witch trials
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The Mirandola witch trials took place in Mirandola in the Duchy of Mirandola between 1522 and 1525. It resulted in the death of ten people (seven men and three women), who were burned alive at the stake for witchcraft on the square.[1]
The witch trial attracted a lot of attention in contemporary Italy, and were the subject of Libro detto strega o delle illusioni del demonio (1523) by Gianfrancesco Pico, which are referred to as the first book about witchcraft and demonology in vulgar Latin.
References[]
- ^ Luca Al Sabbagh, Processo alle streghe di Mirandola (1522-1525), in Dizionario di eretici, dissidenti e inquisitori nel mondo mediterraneo, Firenze, Edizioni CLORI, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1309444, ISBN 978-88-942416-0-0.
Categories:
- 16th century in Italy
- 1520s in Italy
- 1522 in Italy
- 1522 in law
- Witch trials in Italy