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Within the magic in Giovan Francesco Straparola’s tales in the Pleasant Nights, it is principally satanic black magic as practiced in “Ortodosio and Isabella” (VII.1) and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (VIII.5) that conflicted with canon law. The sorceress Gabriela in “Ortodosio and Isabella,” whose historical namesake was condemned by church authorities and executed 200 years earlier, demonstrates this clearly. But neither church nor state had a position on Straparola’s fairy tale magic.
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Bottigheimer, R.B. (2014). The Evolution of Fairy Tale Magic from Straparola to Basile and Perrault. In: Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137380883_8
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