The early modern period of European history was not only the age of witch-hunting; it was also the age of demonic possession. The entrance of evil spirits into the bodies of human beings and their assumption of control of those persons' movements and behaviour became epidemic in late ...
This book is exclusively devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. It offers modernized versions of the most significant early modern texts on nine cases of demonic possession from the period 1570 to 1650, the key period in English history for demonic possession. The nine...
The rituals, beliefs, and signs of exorcism may not carry today the stability they embodied for early modern readers, but the fact that early modern writers incorporated them into their work---in many different generic variations---confirms that in their original historical context, these rituals...
Jews “Holding the Keys to the Church” and the Posthumous Career of Zelman Wolfowicz of Drohobych ArticleOpen access23 June 2023 Demonic Possession and Religious Scientific Debate in Nineteenth-Century France Chapter© 2020 Notes 1. TheBerlinische Monatsschriftwas the mouthpiece of the Berlin Enlig...
InCSM324, Mary cured a deaf-mute man who had not spoken for two years, apparently as a reward for showing curiosity about her statue. He asked, with signs, what the statue was. Upon hearing the answer, “his tongue loosened and broke into speech, and he began to bless the Holy Virgi...
Magic was usually thought to involve the possession and application of distinctive, specialist and secret knowledge. This could be of both a technical and propositional kind. In the case of the former, it could include such things as knowledge of specific rituals and practices, and, in the case...
The turmoil experienced in European societies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries fostered a widespread fear of the immediacy of the Devil, and contributed to the increasing number of demonic possession cases. This paper examines the demography of demoniacs, contemporary explanations, and the ...
Sarah Ferber. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern France.(Book review)Mollenauer, Lynn Wood
Melancholy, Madness, and Demonic Possession in the Early Modern Westdoi:10.1515/9783110361643.647Allison P. Coudert
It also analyzes the use of books to the agents of modernity. Moreover, it also presents the advantages of reading as a wonder working cure for demonic possession. Reflections on witchcraft and magic are also provided.CambersAndrewPast & Present...