On Lycanthropy
& Tales of Historical Horror
Get the BookIn the Late 16th Century
Across the European countryside, beastial murders occurred:
natural, un-natural, supernatural.
Across the European intelligentsia, arguments endure:
Melancholic, madness, malevolent.
From jurists to academics, Protestant and Catholic,
physician to magician, historian to occultist.
On Lycanthropy
Translated in English maybe for the first time by Johannes Wolfeshusius, originally published in 1591. Fresh translation for on Bodin's chapter on lycanthropy from his 1580 work: De la demonomanie des sorciers. Loaded appendices with enhanced bibliography, additional texts & original artwork!
Werewolfism, or lycanthropy was a deeply debated topic and policy during the Renaissance. Parts medical, psychological, mythological, religious, social, cultural, folklore. Culling from ancient history, to medieval medicine, to their era's polity and doxology. By virtue of the attention, werewolves were real.
The first work, a lycanthology, is part of the histhorrory series: focusing on reintroducing classic supernatural creatures, mythologies and symbolisms from books and authors, exploring them from scientific, anthropological, political and cultural perspectives.