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The Night Battles : Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Author_Melissa Jayne Madara the best-selling author of PracticalA remarkable tale of witchcraft, folk culture, and persuasion in early modern Europe. Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives of Northern Italy, The Night Battles recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centered on the benandanti, literally, "good walkers." These men and women described fighting extraordinary ritual battles against witches and wizards in order to protect their harvests. While their bodies slept, the souls of the