TY - BOOK AU - Levack,Brian P. TI - The Devil within: possession & exorcism in the Christian West SN - 9780300195385 AV - BV873 .D485 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - New Haven, London PB - Yale University Press KW - Exorcism KW - Europe KW - History KW - Demoniac possession KW - Spirituality KW - Medicine KW - Religious aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 -- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=573209&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -