Let’s not forget that ever since Dante Alighieri got exiled and spent the rest of his life in Northern Italy, it’s inevitable that the beliefs that Guazzo, Brognolo and Molitor would eventually record (or harbour) already made their way in his work. Not to mention Dante’s more immediate blood relatives and descendants would’ve been alive when these were writing those texts.
The very first Serego-Alighieris (because a certain Alighieri made his nephew take up his mum’s maiden name) were certainly alive and well when Compendium Maleficarum and Manuale Exorcistarum were published. This might not always be case as Viadana’s in Lombardy too and closer to Verona (Girolamo Menghi comes from Viadana) but Verona, Milan and Bergamo are closer to the Alps.
Enough to share borders and beliefs with Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Verona, despite being closer to Viadana, shared borders with Bergamo and Milan. Verona’s close to Bolzano, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire. That Dante Alighieri himself spent time in the Apuan Alps solidifies this.
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