In the town of Friuli, benandanti were those who left their bodies at night to protect the world from these peoples.
In the town of Friuli, benandanti were those who left their bodies at night to protect the world from these peoples. These peoples are the subject of Carlo Ginzburg's Ecstasies, while other modern scholars have proposed these figures were simply those who have suffered from ergotism. In 1612, many of them were found nearby Pendle Hill. Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer authored a book on finding these peoples called the Malleus Maleficarum. These peoples could supposedly be identified through ordeal by water or the presence of a diabolical mark. For 10 points, name these practitioners of magic, who were the target of namesake hunts during the Middle Ages.
In the town of Friuli, benandanti were those who left their bodies at night to protect the world from these peoples.
witches [accept equivalent answers and any more specific answers]