Description: Explores sermons and pastoral views on superstition and the reality of witchcraft in Renaissance Milan.
Review Quotes: "Bernardo Busti and the other observant Franciscans in Milan at the end of the fifteenth century and beginning of the sixteenth generally reflected many of the intellectial trends of their day, although of course they occupied their own particular positions within those trends. Conti's detailed exposition of their positions expands our understanding of developing ideas of witchcraft, concern over superstition, and basic issues of preaching and pastoral care in northern Italy in this era." --Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State University, The Medieval Review, 16.06.29