The Devil within : possession & exorcism in the Christian West / Brian P. Levack.

  • Levack, Brian P.
Date:
2013
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Publication/Creation

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2013.

Physical description

xii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-335) and index.

Contents

Making sense of demonic possession -- Possession and exorcism in Christian antiquity -- Possession in Christian demonology -- Expelling the demon -- Demonic possession and illness -- The performance of the possessed -- The demoniac in society -- The demoniac and the witch -- Possession in the age of reason -- Possession : past and present -- Conclusion.

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    History of Medicine
    PS.AA5-6
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ISBN

  • 9780300114720
  • 0300114729