The Devil Within
Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, Theology
| Author: | Brian Levack | ISBN: | 9780300195385 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press | Publication: | April 22, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brian Levack |
| ISBN: | 9780300195385 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Publication: | April 22, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Language: | English |
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—violent convulsions, displays of preternatural strength, vomiting of foreign objects, displaying contempt for sacred objects, and others—exorcists were summoned to expel the evil spirits from victims’ bodies. This compelling book focuses on possession and exorcism in the Reformation period, but also reaches back to the fifteenth century and forward to our own times.
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—violent convulsions, displays of preternatural strength, vomiting of foreign objects, displaying contempt for sacred objects, and others—exorcists were summoned to expel the evil spirits from victims’ bodies. This compelling book focuses on possession and exorcism in the Reformation period, but also reaches back to the fifteenth century and forward to our own times.
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