Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England : contemporary texts and their cultural contexts
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England : contemporary texts and their cultural contexts
Cambridge University Press, 2004
- : hardback
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-395) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 stories were all written by eyewitnesses or were derived from eyewitness reports. They involve matters of life and death, sin and sanctity, guilt and innocence, of crimes which could not be committed and punishments which could not be deserved. The nine critical introductions which accompany the stories address the different strategic intentions of those who wrote them. The modernized texts and critical introductions are placed within the context of a wide-ranging general Introduction to demonic possession in England across the period 1550 to 1700.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Disfigured by the Devil: the story of Alexander Nyndge
- 2. Two possessed maidens in London: the story of Agnes Briggs and Rachel Pinder
- 3. The witches of Warboys: the story of the Throckmorton Children
- 4. The boy of Burton: the story of Thomas Darling
- 5. A household possessed: the story of the Lancashire seven
- 6. The counterfeit demoniac: the story of William Sommers
- 7. The puritan martyr: the story of Mary Glover
- 8. The boy of Bilson: the story of William Perry
- 9. A pious daughter: the story of Margaret Muschamp
- References
- Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"