Obscure? Carlo Ginzburg had definite themes and interests as a historian. A strong thread is pre- or non-Christian paganic beliefs and practices in Europe, including witchcraft. Night Battles is wild, it describes gangs of witches in Italy performing spiritual battles in a field, the result of which will affect the prospects of good or bad harvest in that year. Also, werewolves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiess_of_Kaltenbrun
The Cheese and the Worms was lovely. It also dissuades you of any notion of the idyllic past, the sheer weight and organization of the totalitarian church was impressive.
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Obscure? Carlo Ginzburg had definite themes and interests as a historian. A strong thread is pre- or non-Christian paganic beliefs and practices in Europe, including witchcraft. Night Battles is wild, it describes gangs of witches in Italy performing spiritual battles in a field, the result of which will affect the prospects of good or bad harvest in that year. Also, werewolves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiess_of_Kaltenbrun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Ginzburg
The Cheese and the Worms was lovely. It also dissuades you of any notion of the idyllic past, the sheer weight and organization of the totalitarian church was impressive.
https://archive.ph/mRnye
I don't know why ppl still posts paywalled links in 2026