# Jean de Nynauld

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{{Short description|French physician}}
[[File:De la lycanthropie, transformation et extase des sorciers by Jean de Nynauld.jpg|thumbnail|right|The title page of ''De la lycanthropie, transformation et extase des sorciers'' in the library of the [Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Seville](/source/Real_Academia_de_Medicina_y_Cirug%C3%ADa_de_Sevilla).]]
'''Jean de Nynauld''' was a French physician who wrote an important work on [lycanthropy](/source/lycanthropy) in 1615 titled ''De la lycanthropie, transformation et extase des sorciers'' (On lycanthropy, transformation and ecstasy of witches).<ref>Robbins, Rossell Hope. (1959) ''The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology''. London: Peter Nevill, p. 326.</ref> de Nynauld saw lycanthropy as a form of mental illness rather than a form of magic.<ref name=david>Davidson, Jane P. (2012) ''Early modern supernatural: The dark side of European culture, 1400–1700''. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, p. 160. {{ISBN|978-0-313-39344-0}}</ref>

A critical edition of the work, edited by [Nicole Jacques-Lefevre](/source/Nicole_Jacques-Lefevre) and Maxime Preaud, was published by Frenesie in Paris, 1990. ({{ISBN|2906225223}})

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==External links==
*[http://fondosantiguos.com/obra/584/de-la-lycanthropie-transformation-et-extase-des-sorciers ''De la lycanthropie, transformation et extase des sorciers''.] Scanned version from Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla.

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