This is a highly original study of demon possession and the ritual of exorcism, both of which were rife in early modern times, and which reached epidemic propor

This book is exclusively devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. It offers modernized versions of the most significant early modern

One of the most intriguing, and disturbing, aspects of history is that most people in early modern Europe believed in the reality and dangers of witchcraft. Mos

It is August 18, 1634. Father Urbain Grandier, convicted of sorcery that led to the demonic possession of the Ursuline nuns of provincial Loudun in France, conf

From 1400 through 1700, the number of reports of demonic possessions among European women was extraordinarily high. During the same period, a new type of mystic