La Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco 1470-1533 creator Turini, Turino text utu 2010 monographic it 1 online resource : multiple file formats "La strega, ovvero, degli inganni de' demoni: dialogo" by Giovanni Francesco II Pico della Mirandola is a dialogue written in 1523. The work defends the prosecution of accused witches during a period of witch hunts in Mirandola. Through conversations between a skeptic, a wise man, an inquisitor, and a confessed witch, it argues for the reality of demonic deception and witchcraft. The dialogue draws on classical literature and Christian scripture to justify the executions that had sparked public criticism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libro_detto_strega_o_delle_illusioni_del_demonio Release date is 2010-01-03 E-text prepared by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) Original publication data not identified Magic Demonology Witchcraft BF Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30839 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30839 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133714.0 30839