by Julio Caro Baroja · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422633938
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«Vidas mágicas e Inquisición. Vol. I» is the historical essay by Julio Caro Baroja, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback, 452 pages, in Spanish.
Julio Caro Baroja reconstructs here the lives of magicians, sorcerers and astrologers of the 16th and 17th centuries from inquisitorial trials. The volume is completed with a theory of magic that questions habitual anthropological and historiographical criteria and shows people moved by magical beliefs.
Volume I of the work, originally published in 1967 and illustrated in black and white; category: History.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of the Inquisition, anthropology and studies on magic in early modern Spain.
Julio Caro Baroja was a Spanish anthropologist, historian, linguist and essayist. He was known for his special interest in Basque culture, Basque history and Basque society. Of Basque ancestry, he was the nephew of the renowned writer Pio Baroja and his brother, painter, writer and engraver Ricardo Baroja. He is buried in the family plot of the cemetery of Bera, Navarre, near their home, Itzea.
