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Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England
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ISBN: 9780511483417 9780521813235 9780521037129 9780511210365 0511210361 0521813239 0511212135 9780511212130 0511213948 9780511213946 0511215738 9780511215735 0511483414 1280540141 9781280540141 9786610540143 6610540144 0511210361 0521813239 1107144485 9781107144484 0511314795 9780511314797 0521037123 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. New York Cambridge University Press

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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.

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