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Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England : contemporary texts and their cultural contexts / [compiled by] Philip C. Almond.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (x, 405 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511210365
  • 0511210361
  • 9780521813235
  • 0521813239
  • 0511212135
  • 9780511212130
  • 0511213948
  • 9780511213946
  • 0511215738
  • 9780511215735
  • 9780511483417
  • 0511483414
  • 1280540141
  • 9781280540141
  • 9786610540143
  • 6610540144
  • 1107144485
  • 9781107144484
  • 0511314795
  • 9780511314797
  • 9780521037129
  • 0521037123
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England.DDC classification:
  • 133.4/26/094209031 22
LOC classification:
  • BT975 .D46 2004eb
Other classification:
  • HI 1151
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Disfigured by the Devil The story of Alexander Nyndge; Chapter 2 Two possessed maidens in London The story of Agnes Briggs and Rachel Pinder; Chapter 3 The witches of Warboys The story of the Throckmorton children; Chapter 4 The boy of Burton The story of Thomas Darling; Chapter 5 A household possessed The story of the Lancashire seven; Chapter 6 The counterfeit demoniac The story of William Sommers; Chapter 7 The puritan martyr The story of Mary Glover.
Summary: The first book devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. Offers modernised versions of significant texts on nine cases of demonic possession from the period 1570 to 1650. The modernised texts are placed within the context of an Introduction to demonic possession in England across the period.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-395) and index.

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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Disfigured by the Devil The story of Alexander Nyndge; Chapter 2 Two possessed maidens in London The story of Agnes Briggs and Rachel Pinder; Chapter 3 The witches of Warboys The story of the Throckmorton children; Chapter 4 The boy of Burton The story of Thomas Darling; Chapter 5 A household possessed The story of the Lancashire seven; Chapter 6 The counterfeit demoniac The story of William Sommers; Chapter 7 The puritan martyr The story of Mary Glover.

The first book devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. Offers modernised versions of significant texts on nine cases of demonic possession from the period 1570 to 1650. The modernised texts are placed within the context of an Introduction to demonic possession in England across the period.

English.

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