Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England
Subtitle: Contemporary Texts and their Cultural Contexts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780521813235
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Satanism & demonology; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; England; Christianity - Ritual & Practice; Religion - Church History; Religion; Europe - Great Britain - General; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; Christianity - History - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Demonology & Satanism; 16th century; Case studies; Demoniac possession; Exorcism; History
First sentence: On 20 January 1573, at seven o'clock in the evening, the torments of Alexander Nyndge began.