Tipo di documento:
Articolo
Autore/curatore:
 Wolfgang Behringer
 
Standard: Behringer, Wolfgang [Wolfgang Behringer]
Titolo:
Detecting the Ultimate Conspiracy, or how Waldensians became Witches

Standard:

opera collettanea:
 Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe : from the Waldensians to the French Revolution
Data di pubblicazione:
 2004
Pagine:
 13 - 34
Soggetti:
 Amedeo VIII (duca di Savoia, 1416-1434) - Atteggiamento verso i valdesi
Streghe e valdesi - 1400-1500
Valdesi - Cospirazioni

Riassunto/commento:

 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.