.jpg) First edition (Italian) | |
| Author | Carlo Ginzburg |
|---|---|
| Original title | Storia notturna: Una decifrazione del Sabba |
| Language | Italian |
| Subjects | Italian history History of religion |
| Publisher | Giulio Einaudi, Hutchinson Radius |
Publication date | 1989, 1990 (translation) |
| Publication place | Italy |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 339 |
| ISBN | 978-0-09-174024-5 |
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath is a study of visionary traditions in Early Modern Europe written by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg. First published by Giulio Einaudi in 1989 under the Italian title Storia notturna: Una decifrazione del Sabba, it was later translated into English by Raymond Rosenthal and published by Hutchinson Radius in 1990.
Ecstasies builds on the theories put forward in Ginzburg's 1966 book The Night Battles, in which he studied the benandanti, a visionary folk tradition found in the north-eastern Italian province of Friuli during the 16th century.