Magical emasculation, popular anticlericalism, and the limits of the Reformation in western France circa 1590. From: Journal of Social History | Date: December 22, 1997| Author: Robbins, Kevin C. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Journal of Social History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Few scholars have studied the varieties of anticlericalism manifest among townspeople and peasants in early modern France. Analysis of anticlerical opinions held by urban and rural populations in western France shows a common belief, across all ranks of society and rooted in local folk magic, that clerics employed sorcery to render new grooms impotent and new households subject to discord and dishonor. Enduring public belief in prelates' black magic and capacity to inflict magical emasculatio...

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