| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Devil is born -- The fall of the Devil -- Hell's angel -- The Devil rides out -- Devilish bodies -- The Devil and the witch -- A very possessing Devil -- The Devil defeated -- The death of the Devil. |
| Summary |
"In The Devil, Philip C. Almond explores the figure of evil incarnate from the first centuries of the Christian era. Along the way, he describes the rise of demonology as an intellectual and theological pursuit, the persecution as witches of women believed to consort with the Devil and his minions, and the decline in the belief in Hell and in angels and demons as corporeal beings as a result of the Enlightenment. Almond shows that the Prince of Darkness remains an irresistible subject in history, religion, art, literature, and culture"--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Devil.
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Devil. |
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Devil -- Christianity.
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Devil -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Almond, Philip C. Devil : a new biography. Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, c2014 xviii, 270 pages 9780801453373 2014005280 |
| ISBN |
9780801471872 electronic book |
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0801471877 electronic book |
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9780801453373 |
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0857734881 |
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9780857734884 |
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0801453372 |
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