Satan the heretic : the birth of demonology in the medieval west /
Boureau, Alain,author.
Fagan, Teresa Lavender,translator.
"Before the end of the thirteenth century, theologians had little interest in demons, but with Thomas Aquinas and his formidable "Treatise on Evil" in 1272, everything changed. In Satan the Heretic, Alain Boureau trains his skeptical eye not on Satan or Satanism, but on the birth of demonology and the sudden belief in the power of demons who inhabited Satan's Court, setting out to understand not why people believed in demons, but why theologians - especially Pope John XXII - became so interested in the subject"--Page [4] of cover.
"Originally published as Satan hérétique: naissance de la démonologie dans l'Occident médiéval (1280-1330), © Editions Odile Jacob, 2004"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-250) and index.
Translated from the French.
Satan the Heretic: the judicial institution of demonology under John XXII -- Satanic sacraments? Enrico del Carretto's discovery -- The pact: an overview -- The liberation of demons: the birth of scholastic demonology -- The new possessed: saints and demons in canonization trials at the beginning of the fourteenth century -- The openness of the subject: a scholastic anthropology of possession -- Supernatural invasions: mystical models of possession.
"Before the end of the thirteenth century, theologians had little interest in demons, but with Thomas Aquinas and his formidable "Treatise on Evil" in 1272, everything changed. In Satan the Heretic, Alain Boureau trains his skeptical eye not on Satan or Satanism, but on the birth of demonology and the sudden belief in the power of demons who inhabited Satan's Court, setting out to understand not why people believed in demons, but why theologians - especially Pope John XXII - became so interested in the subject"--Page [4] of cover.
Demonology
Devil
Christian heresies