Jeffrey R Watt

The Scourge of Demons

Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent

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Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating examination of alleged demon possession and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century convent in Carpi, Italy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781580465649
• ISBN-10: 1580465641
• Artikelnr.: 44800039

Autorenporträt

JEFFREY R. WATT is the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Professor of History at the University of Mississippi.

Inhaltsangabe

Nuns
Witchcraft
and the Inquisition Female Religious
Claustration
and Santa Chiara of Carpi The Outbreak and Maleficia The Confessor and Love Magic The Exorcists and the Demons Sisters Dealta and Ippolita under Attack Bellacappa's Defense The Waning of the Possessions