The Edges of Civilization
Danger more savage than any wild beast lurks in the woods. In this special Halloween episode and season two finale, werewolves face trial in sixteenth-century France against the backdrop of the Wars of Religion. In a world where violence knows no bounds, who are the real monsters?
Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.
Music
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1, performed by Olga Gurevich
Purple Planet - Possessed Doll
Purple Planet - Immuration
Purple Planet - Possession
Purple Planet - Sense of Loss
Purple Planet - Shadowlands
Sources
Primary
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Secondary
Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Book of Werewolves: Being an Account of Terrible Superstition. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1865.
de Blécourt, Willem. “The Differentiated Werewolf: An Introduction to Cluster Methodology.” In Werewolf Histories, edited by Willem de Blécourt, 1–24. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
de Blécourt, Willem. “A Journey to Hell: Reconsidering the Livonian ‘Werewolf’.” Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft 2 (2007): 49–67.
de Blécourt, Willem. “The Werewolf, the Witch, and the Warlock: Aspects of Gender in the Early Modern Period.” In Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe, edited by Alison Rowlands, 191–213. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Monter, E. William. “Witchcraft in France and Switzerland.” In A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture, edited by Charlotte F. Otten, 161–167. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1986.
Zemon Davis, Natalie. “The Rites of Violence: Religious Riot in Sixteenth-Century France.” Past & Present 59 (1973): 51–91.
