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Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with commentary, this text shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of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 Paperback / softback by Michel De Certeau, Michael B. Smith

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 August 2000
      ISBN-13 9780226100357
      978-0226100357
      ISBN-10 0226100359
      Also in:
      Social and cultural history Satanism / demonology

      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      Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with commentary, this text shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of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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