Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf PDF book is popular History book written by Carlo Ginzburg. The book was released by University of Chicago Press on 2020-03-23 with total hardcover pages 298. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf by Carlo Ginzburg in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he ins
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