Although this feels like somewhat of a departure, the form is intact and so is the charm. Thematically it couldn’t be more on point. I love a well-researched article, brilliantly written, and woven together with the personal. Bravo x
Thank you dear one! This piece needed to be written; and it took a fair lot of finessing to string it all together. The next piece is about Irish films...
I live in a village called Sort in Catalonia where the trials of many women accused of witchcraft were held.Many were burned. The main accusation against them was that they refused to acknowlege the power of the feudal lord over them. I would imagine this was the sexual right of the nobility. This was in the 1600's. Ugo Bardi has written some very good stuff on witch burning which he seès as a reaction of societies under strain. He notes that it was not chiefly a Medieval problem but peaked in the Enlightenment.
Fascinating John, thanks for the leads. The sexual nature is very interesting as women were/are objectively more vulnerable in this arena with violence and the sheer logistics of strength and power of a man. However, this was not exploited en masse until the Middle Ages. Witches defied social norms of the time of being obedient and without character.
Although this feels like somewhat of a departure, the form is intact and so is the charm. Thematically it couldn’t be more on point. I love a well-researched article, brilliantly written, and woven together with the personal. Bravo x
Thank you dear one! This piece needed to be written; and it took a fair lot of finessing to string it all together. The next piece is about Irish films...
Yessssss ! Thank you for this ! 'TRUST YOUR INTUITION, COMPLETELY.'
TRUST IT ALL THE WAY
I live in a village called Sort in Catalonia where the trials of many women accused of witchcraft were held.Many were burned. The main accusation against them was that they refused to acknowlege the power of the feudal lord over them. I would imagine this was the sexual right of the nobility. This was in the 1600's. Ugo Bardi has written some very good stuff on witch burning which he seès as a reaction of societies under strain. He notes that it was not chiefly a Medieval problem but peaked in the Enlightenment.
Thanks. Great article.
Fascinating John, thanks for the leads. The sexual nature is very interesting as women were/are objectively more vulnerable in this arena with violence and the sheer logistics of strength and power of a man. However, this was not exploited en masse until the Middle Ages. Witches defied social norms of the time of being obedient and without character.