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In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. This book says that the thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures.

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"Maggi gives us an original and penetrating interpretation of Renaissance demonology, with a brilliant analysis and with a challenge to the reader for deeper thoughts on a theme that attracts scholars, but has still some new views." - Michaela Valente, Renaissance Quarterly "In his new and fascinating book, Armando Maggi tries to understand the strange world of Renaissance demonology without dwelling on its obvious absurdities.... His aim is not to psychoanalyse but to sympathize, and his method is to enter into the spirit (so to speak) of this strange world." - Neil Forsyth, Times Literary Supplement"

In the Company of Demons

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2008
      ISBN13: 9780226501314, 978-0226501314
      ISBN10: 0226501310
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. This book says that the thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures.

      Trade Review
      "Maggi gives us an original and penetrating interpretation of Renaissance demonology, with a brilliant analysis and with a challenge to the reader for deeper thoughts on a theme that attracts scholars, but has still some new views." - Michaela Valente, Renaissance Quarterly "In his new and fascinating book, Armando Maggi tries to understand the strange world of Renaissance demonology without dwelling on its obvious absurdities.... His aim is not to psychoanalyse but to sympathize, and his method is to enter into the spirit (so to speak) of this strange world." - Neil Forsyth, Times Literary Supplement"

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