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The Devil within : possession & exorcism in the Christian West / Brian Levack.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300195385
  • 9781299284043
Other title:
  • Possession and exorcism in the Christian West
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BV873 .D485 2013
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Contents:
Making sense of demonic possession -- Possession and exorcism in Christian antiquity -- Possession in Christian demonology -- Expelling the demon -- Demonic possession and illness -- The performance of the possessed -- The demoniac in society -- The demoniac and the witch -- Possession in the age of reason -- Possession : past and present -- Conclusion.
Subject: In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to their horrifying symptoms --
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Making sense of demonic possession -- Possession and exorcism in Christian antiquity -- Possession in Christian demonology -- Expelling the demon -- Demonic possession and illness -- The performance of the possessed -- The demoniac in society -- The demoniac and the witch -- Possession in the age of reason -- Possession : past and present -- Conclusion.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to their horrifying symptoms --

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