Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath is a study of visionary traditions in Early Modern Europe written by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg. First published by Giulio Einaudi in 1989 under the Italian title Storia notturna: Una decifrazione del Sabba, it was later translated into English by Raymond Rosenthal and published by Hutchinson Radius in 1990.
First edition (Italian) | |
| Author | Carlo Ginzburg |
|---|---|
| Original title | Storia notturna: Una decifrazione del Sabba |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Subjects | Italian history History of religion |
| Publisher | Giulio Einaudi, Hutchinson Radius |
Publication date | 1989, 1990 (translation) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 339 |
| ISBN | 978-0-09-174024-5 |
Ecstasies builds on the theories put forward in Ginzburg's 1966 book The Night Battles, in which he studied the benandanti, a visionary folk tradition found in the north-eastern Italian province of Friuli during the 16th century.
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