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La Sorcière

by Jules Michelet

  • First published: Date unknown
  • Language: French
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"La Sorcière" by Jules Michelet is a historical study published in 1862. Michelet presents a radical interpretation of medieval witchcraft as an act of rebellion against feudalism and the Catholic Church. Through imaginative reconstruction and historical episodes from infamous witch trials, he portrays witches sympathetically as leaders of a secret religion born from oppression. Though largely inaccurate by modern standards, this pioneering work was among the first to defend rather than condemn those accused of witchcraft. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from gallica and project-gutenberg matched “sorcellerie” and “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description, “witches” in the description, “sorcellerie” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “sorcellerie”· via Gallica — Bibliothèque nationale de France
    • “witchcraft”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Witchcraft”· in description
    • “witches”· in description
    • “sorcellerie”· in subject
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “satanism”. Retained metadata contains “Satanism” in the subject metadata.

    • “satanism”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Satanism”· in subject

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Editions

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2012-11-25Project GutenbergFrench—Public domain (USA)

Subjects

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