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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. Entire convents of nuns in French, Italian, and Spanish towns, 30 boys in an Amsterdam orphanage, a small group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts—these are among the instances of demon possession in the United States and throughout Europe that Brian Levack closely examines, taking into account the diverse interpretations of generations of theologians, biblical scholars, pastors, physicians, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and historians. Challenging the commonly held belief that possession signals physical or mental illness, the author argues that demoniacs and exorcists—consciously or not—are following their various religious cultures, and their performances can only be understood in those contexts.

History of civilization --- Christian church history --- History of Europe --- anno 1500-1799 --- Exorcism --- Demoniac possession --- History --- -235.222 --- -Evil spirits, Expulsion of --- Expulsion of evil spirits --- Demonology --- Rites and ceremonies --- Demonic possession --- Possession, Demoniac --- Spirit possession --- History. --- Duivelse obsessie en bezetenheid --- -History. --- 235.222 Duivelse obsessie en bezetenheid --- -235.222 Duivelse obsessie en bezetenheid --- Evil spirits, Expulsion of --- 235.222 --- Exorcismes --- Possédés

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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.

Demoniac possession --- Exorcism --- 235.222 --- 264-066 --- 27 <420> "15/17" --- Demonic possession --- Possession, Demoniac --- Demonology --- Spirit possession --- 264-066 Bezweringen. Duivelbezwering. Exorcisme --- Bezweringen. Duivelbezwering. Exorcisme --- 235.222 Duivelse obsessie en bezetenheid --- Duivelse obsessie en bezetenheid --- Evil spirits, Expulsion of --- Expulsion of evil spirits --- Rites and ceremonies --- History --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Engeland--Moderne Tijd --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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Exorcism --- Demoniac possession --- Early works to 1800 --- History and criticism --- Liturgy --- Texts --- Menghi, Girolamo, --- Eynatten, Maximilien de, --- Catholic Church --- 264-066 --- 248.221 --- 235.222 --- 262.157 --- Bezweringen. Duivelbezwering. Exorcisme --- Obsessie en bezetenheid --- Duivelse obsessie en bezetenheid --- Duivelbezweerders. Exorcisten --- 262.157 Duivelbezweerders. Exorcisten --- 235.222 Duivelse obsessie en bezetenheid --- 248.221 Obsessie en bezetenheid --- 264-066 Bezweringen. Duivelbezwering. Exorcisme --- Evil spirits, Expulsion of --- Expulsion of evil spirits --- Demonology --- Rites and ceremonies --- Demonic possession --- Possession, Demoniac --- Spirit possession --- Early works to 1800&delete& --- Liturgy&delete& --- Texts&delete& --- Catholic Church. --- History and criticism. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Exorcism - Early works to 1800 - History and criticism --- Exorcism - Liturgy - Texts - History and criticism --- Demoniac possession - Early works to 1800 - History and criticism --- Menghi, Girolamo, - 1529-1609 - Flagellum daemonum --- Menghi, Girolamo, - 1529-1609 - Fustis daemonum --- Eynatten, Maximilien de, - -1631 - Manuale exorcismorum