Title: Demon possession in Anglo-Saxon England /
Authors: Dendle, Peter, 1968-
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications,
Year: 2014
Subjects: English literature History and criticism; Demoniac possession in literature; Deviant behavior in literature; Psychology, Pathological, in literature; Exorcism in literature; Christian hagiography History; Devotional literature, English History.; Medical literature England History; Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature; Christian hagiography; Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature; Demoniac possession in literature; Deviant behavior in literature; Devotional literature, English; English literature Old English; Exorcism in literature; Medical literature; Psychology, Pathological, in literature; Literatur; Altenglisch; Besessenheit; Dämonenglaube; Spirit Possession history; Medicine in Literature; Literature, Medieval; Psychiatry in Literature; History, Medieval; England; England
Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Backgrounds to Anglo-Saxon exorcism -- Medical and liturgical responses -- Demon possession in narrative portrayals -- Neurological and behavioral pathologies in the early Middle Ages -- Conclusions and further questions.