title: Leeches on the body politic: xenophobia and witchcraft in early modern French political thought.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D018594:Human Body; D007802:Language; D007865:Leeches; D019365:Metaphor; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice; D011639:Public Opinion / Q000266:history; D013561:Symbolism; D018599:Witchcraft / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology