Discerning spirits : divine and demonic possession in the Middle Ages /
Publisher's description: Trance states, prophesying, convulsions, fasting, and other physical manifestations were often regarded as signs that a person was seized by spirits. In a book that sets out the prehistory of the early modern European witch craze, Nancy Caciola shows how medieval people...
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| स्वरूप: | Licensed eBooks |
| भाषा: | अंग्रेज़ी |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press
2003.
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| श्रृंखला: | Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past.
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvrf8bcv |
विषय - सूची:
- Possessed behaviors
- Ciphers
- Fallen women and fallen angels
- Breath, heart, bowels
- Exorcizing demonic disorder
- Testing spirits in the effeminate age.