This volume presents the first results of the PRIN 2022 research project involving the universities of Siena, Turin, Naples “L’Orientale” and Florence. It examines how otherness was constructed in non-canonical, vernacular texts addressed to popular audiences in Northwestern Europe from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period. The essays explore how theological and demonological ideas were absorbed and reshaped through exempla, street literature, chronicles, and sermons, often featuring magical, wondrous, or witch-like figures. Special attention is given to the gendered portrayal of women and to the interplay between elite and popular discourses in shaping perceptions of marginality.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7635-2657
Titolo del libro
Monsters, Sorcerers, and Witches of Northwestern Europe
Sottotitolo del libro
The Medieval and Early Modern Construction of Otherness in Literature
Curatori
Letizia Vezzosi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0729-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0729-4
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0730-0
Collana
Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna
e-ISSN della collana
2420-8361