Jean_de_Nynauld Knowpia

Jean de Nynauld was a French physician who wrote an important work on lycanthropy in 1615 titled De la lycanthropie, transformation et extase des sorciers (On lycanthropy, transformation and ecstasy of witches).^[1] de Nynauld saw lycanthropy as a form of mental illness rather than a form of magic.^[2]

A critical edition of the work, edited by Nicole Jacques-Lefevre and Maxime Preaud, was published by Frenesie in Paris, 1990. (ISBN 2906225223)

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^ Robbins, Rossell Hope. (1959) The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. London: Peter Nevill, p. 326.
^ Davidson, Jane P. (2012) Early modern supernatural: The dark side of European culture, 1400–1700. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, p. 160. ISBN 978-0-313-39344-0

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De la lycanthropie, transformation et extase des sorciers. Scanned version from Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla.

[1] Robbins, Rossell Hope. (1959) The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. London: Peter Nevill, p. 326.

[david-2] Davidson, Jane P. (2012) Early modern supernatural: The dark side of European culture, 1400–1700. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, p. 160. ISBN 978-0-313-39344-0

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