num_pages: 296
description: This study relates the stories of those investigated on the charge of being ruled by witchcraft or the will of the flesh in late Renaissance Venice. It examines the passion of the period through descriptions of the Inquisition and Venetian ritual and superstition.
language: English
title: Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage, and Power at the End of the Renaissance
titlecomplete: Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage, and Power at the End of the Renaissance
genres: Witchcraft, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 36
publisher: Oxford University Press