On several occasions, particularly on the periphery of the Habsburg Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries, dead people were suspected of being revenants or vampires, and consequently dug up and destroyed. Some contemporary authors named this phenomenon Magia Posthuma. This blog is dedicated to understanding what happened and why.
Sunday 16 March 2008
Els vampirs de Medveda
Jordi Ardanuy has published a paper on the Medvedja vampire case. Unfortunately, it is only available in Catalan. It contains translations of the source material, as well as background information. Some may notice that this blogger's entry on Medvedja is referred to in the references and notes.
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