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Demoniac possession --- History --- Demonic possession --- Possession, Demoniac --- Demonology --- Spirit possession --- Grandier, Urbain, --- Couvent des Ursulines (Loudun, France) --- Loudun, France. --- Loudun (France). --- Ursuline Convent (Loudun, France) --- Loudun (France) --- Loudun, France --- Church history

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Demonology --- Demoniac possession --- Exorcism --- Démonologie --- Possession démoniaque --- Exorcisme --- Case studies --- Cas, Etudes de --- -Demonology --- -Exorcism --- -Evil spirits, Expulsion of --- Expulsion of evil spirits --- Rites and ceremonies --- Demonology, Christian --- Demons --- Evil spirits --- Spirits --- Spiritual warfare --- Demonic possession --- Possession, Demoniac --- Spirit possession --- History --- -Case studies --- #A0509HI --- Case studies. --- Evil spirits, Expulsion of --- History&delete& --- Démonologie --- Possession démoniaque

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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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Stories of witchcraft and demonic possession from early modern England through the last official trials in colonial New England. Those possessed by the devil in early modern England usually exhibited a common set of symptoms: fits, vomiting, visions, contortions, speaking in tongues, and an antipathy to prayer. However, it was a matter of interpretation, and sometimes public opinion, if these symptoms were visited upon the victim, or if they came from within. Both early modern England and colonial New England had cases that blurred the line between witchcraft and demonic possession, most famously, the Salem witch trials. While historians acknowledge some similarities in witch trials between the two regions, such as the fact that an overwhelming majority of witches were women, the histories of these cases primarily focus on local contexts and specifics. In so doing, they overlook the ways in which manhood factored into possession and witchcraft cases. Vexed with Devils is a cultural history of witchcraft-possession phenomena that centers on the role of men and patriarchal power. Erika Gasser reveals that witchcraft trials had as much to do with who had power in the community, to impose judgement or to subvert order, as they did with religious belief. She argues that the gendered dynamics of possession and witchcraft demonstrated that contested meanings of manhood played a critical role in the struggle to maintain authority. While all men were not capable of accessing power in the same ways, many of the people involved—those who acted as if they were possessed, men accused of being witches, and men who wrote possession propaganda—invoked manhood as they struggled to advocate for themselves during these perilous times. Gasser ultimately concludes that the decline of possession and witchcraft cases was not merely a product of change over time, but rather an indication of the ways in which patriarchal power endured throughout and beyond the colonial period. Vexed with Devils reexamines an unnerving time and offers a surprising new perspective on our own, using stories and voices which emerge from the records in ways that continue to fascinate and unsettle us.

Demoniac possession --- Witchcraft --- 291.33 --- 248.222 --- Black art (Witchcraft) --- Sorcery --- Occultism --- Wicca --- Demonic possession --- Possession, Demoniac --- Demonology --- Spirit possession --- 248.222 Vrijwillige relaties met de duivel. Satanisme. Hekserij. Toverij --- Vrijwillige relaties met de duivel. Satanisme. Hekserij. Toverij --- 291.33 Directe invloed op de goddelijke wil: hekserij; bezweringen; magie, toverij --- Directe invloed op de goddelijke wil: hekserij; bezweringen; magie, toverij --- History --- History.