The scourge of demons
Subtitle: possession, lust, and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century Italian convent
By: Jeffrey R. Watt.
Series: Changing perspectives on early modern Europe -- v. 12
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781580462983
Subjects: Monastero Santa Chiara (Carpi, Italy) -- History -- 17th century; Demoniac possession -- Italy -- Carpi -- History -- 17th century; Witchcraft -- Italy -- Carpi -- History -- 17th century; Carpi (Italy) -- Church history -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : nuns, witchcraft, and the inquisition; title: Female religious, claustration, and Santa Chiara of Carpi; title: The outbreak and maleficia; title: The confessor and love magic; title: The exorcists and the demons; title: Sisters Dealta and Ippolita under attack; title: Bellacappa's defense; title: The waning of the possessions.