Mujeres solas y brujería en la Navarra de los siglos XVI y XVII

Nausia Pimoulier, Amaia

Publication year:

2012

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

978-84-8419-238-1

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Summary

The fact that the image of witchcraft has habitually been associated to the feminine world is something that is already known. But the enormous presence of widows among those women accused of witchcraft is certainly also noteworthy. Was there a relationship between widowhood and witchcraft in the early Middle Ages? One thing seems undeniable; the presence of a lonely feminine figure with a certain autonomy was suspicious for the authorities and for the very community itself.