Levack, Brian P., <br/><br/>
The Devil within :  possession & exorcism in the Christian West / 
 Possession and exorcism in the Christian West 
Brian Levack. 
 - New Haven ;  London :  Yale University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (346 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300195385 9781299284043 
<br/><br/><label>Standard Tech. Report. No.: </label>JSTOR purchased 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB2B6792  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016214769  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Exorcism--History.--Europe<br/>Demoniac possession--History.--Europe<br/>Spirituality.<br/>Medicine--Religious aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV873  / .D485 2013