Devils - Their Origins and History
Published on 6. February 2023
113 pages
978-1-80523-083-0 (ISBN)
Description
A broadranging look at the "e;history and mystery of the devil and the forms he takes. The origin, names, legends and proverbs are all dealt with, liberally illustrated with a large number of drawings clearly showing the devil as he has been visualised throughout the centuries."e; -Print ed.James Charles Wall (AKA J. Charles Wall, J. C. Wall) (1860-1943) was a British ecclesiologist, historian, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the late 19th and early 20th century. He wrote many books, mainly on Church history, and was an early contributor to the Victoria History of the Counties of England project. He was born in Shoreditch on 15 July 1860 to James Wall and Mary Wall nee Williams. He attended Westminster School and New College, Oxford.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- DEVILS
- NAMES OF DEVILS
- THE MARSHALLING OF DEVILS
- "DEVILS, DEVILESSES, AND LITTLE DEVILS"
- CHRISTIAN DEVILS
- ORIGIN OF THE DEVIL
- HELL
- THE DEVIL IN ART
- LEGENDS
- PROVERBS
- EXORCISM
