Witchcraft, Exorcism and the Politics of Possession in a Seventeenth-Century Convent
'How Sister Ursula was once Bewiched and Sister Margaret Twice'
Presenting a remarkable set of previously unpublished papers, this book concerns the bewitchment, possession and exorcism of two seventeenth-century nuns living in exile in an English convent in the Spanish Netherlands. The two women left behind an extensive set of personal writing that reveals unprecedented detail about their devotional lives and spiritual states before, during and after exorcism. Unlike other similar cases, here the women write for themselves; for the first time in 350 years this book allows their voices - and their silences - to resound in all their vibrancy. An extensive introduction discusses the politics of piety and p…
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- ISBN: 978-1-351-14303-5
- EAN: 9781351143035
- Produktnummer: 27323827
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 212 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'671 KB
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Nicky Hallett
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