The Scourge of Demons
Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2009
312 pages
978-1-58046-732-2 (ISBN)
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A fascinating examination of alleged demon possession and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century convent in Carpi, Italy.
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Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent
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Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent
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JEFFREY R. WATT is the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Professor of History at the University of Mississippi.
JEFFREY R. WATT is the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Professor of History at the University of Mississippi.
Content
Nuns, Witchcraft, and the Inquisition
Female Religious, Claustration, and Santa Chiara of Carpi
The Outbreak and Maleficia
The Confessor and Love Magic
The Exorcists and the Demons
Sisters Dealta and Ippolita under Attack
Bellacappa's Defense
The Waning of the Possessions
Female Religious, Claustration, and Santa Chiara of Carpi
The Outbreak and Maleficia
The Confessor and Love Magic
The Exorcists and the Demons
Sisters Dealta and Ippolita under Attack
Bellacappa's Defense
The Waning of the Possessions
