El invento de la palabra aquelarre

RIEV. Cuadernos, 9. Akelarre: la caza de brujas en el Pirineo (siglos XIII-XIX). Homenaje al profesor Gustav Henningsen

Henningsen, Gustav

Publication year:
2012
Publication place:
Donostia-San Sebastián
ISBN:
978-84-8419-238-1

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The origin of the word ´aquelarre´ is analysed. The hypothesis by Dr. Azurmendi according to which it was an erudite construction. The author considers, in contrast to Azurmendi, that the belief in witchcraft by the Basque people is not completely the consequence of the 17th-century persecutions, but that it has its roots in popular tradition and that this can be seen as from the 15th century.
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