The Dovecote Has Opened Its Eyes: Popular Conspiracy in Seventeenth-Century Italy

The hero of this essay by Calro Ginzburg is XVII-th century clown and distiller Costantino Saccardino, who also was active in the field of medical art. Accused together with his companions of secretly defiling city saint painting with excrements, Saccardino preached that religion – particularly its...

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Main Author: Carlo Ginzburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University 2016-03-01
Series:Praktyka Teoretyczna
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Online Access:http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/prt/article/view/7469