La lotta alle superstizioni: Obiettivi e discussioni dal Libellus al Concilio di Trento

Abstract

La Lotta aLLe superstizioni: obiettivi e discussioni daL LibeLLus aL conciLio di trento 1. Tra i propositi di riforma che Giustiniani e Querini caldeggiarono nella lettera al nuovo pontefice Leone X vi era l'intento non secondario di sradicare gli atti, i riti e le credenze che gli autori definirono con il termine di 'superstizione.' 1 Come si legge nel Libellus, si trattava di un flagello terribile che, associato con l'ignoranza, comportava gravi rischi di peccato mortale che avevano una precisa scaturigine: lo stato deplorevole del clero regolare e secolare, dal quale il popolo dei fedeli traeva cattivi esempi come "da una fonte" o da una "radice"; dall'alto al basso, per così dire. 2 La superstizione è 1 Per la storia del concetto di superstitio cf. Dieter Harmening, Superstitio. Überlieferungs-und theoriegeschichtliche Untersuchungen zur kirchlich-theologischen Aberglaubensliteratur des Mittelalters (Berlin: E.

Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic

“…Within the Italian demonological debate, dominated by Inquisitors and exorcists, physicians were often criticized. The idea that the occult played a role in the physical world was by then established and shared, and the inefficiency of official therapies was proof of this (Clark 1997a;Lavenia 2013). Thus, the significance of the De morbis veneficis is the way that its author sought to bring these two disciplines together in the service of Tridentine reform.…”

“…5v-6: "Auguriis et incantationibus serventem a conventu ecclesia separandum similiter et superstitionibus judaicis, vel feriis inhaerentem". led the early modern physicians to think that there were diseases with obscure and incurable causes (Lavenia 2013). Codronchi similarly dismissed attempts to advance naturalist explanations, often rooted in the power of the imagination, for diseases.…”

“…From Fernel's point of view, ancient medical science has been improved by the Christian doctrine. It is only through this reading that Hippocrates could be better understood, and specifically because occult causes play a role not only in medicine but also in the whole natural philosophy (Hirai 2005;Lavenia 2013). Fernel was part of a generation of scholars permeated by Renaissance naturalism who believed that magic could act both in physis and on physis.…”

“…). 12Lavenia 2013;Valente 2015).13 The devil's knowledge of the future is a concept already present in Augustine of Hippo (cf. Limonta 2017); on the invocation of demons (and saints) in treasure hunting, see also(Dillinger 2012, pp.…”

Treasure Hunt—Roman Inquisition and Magical Practices Ad Inveniendos Thesauros in Southern Tuscany

“…). 12(Lavenia 2001;Lavenia 2013;Valente 2015).13 The devil's knowledge of the future is a concept already present in Augustine of Hippo (cf. Limonta 2017); on the invocation of demons (and saints) in treasure hunting, see also(Dillinger 2012, pp.…”