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Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with commentary, this text shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation.

The Possession at Loudun

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A Hardback by Michel de Certeau, Michael B. Smith

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226100340, 978-0226100340
    ISBN10: 0226100340

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with commentary, this text shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation.

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