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Title Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England : contemporary texts and their cultural contexts / [compiled by] Philip C. Almond.

Publication Info. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Description 1 online resource (x, 405 pages)
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-395) and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Disfigured by the Devil The story of Alexander Nyndge; Chapter 2 Two possessed maidens in London The story of Agnes Briggs and Rachel Pinder; Chapter 3 The witches of Warboys The story of the Throckmorton children; Chapter 4 The boy of Burton The story of Thomas Darling; Chapter 5 A household possessed The story of the Lancashire seven; Chapter 6 The counterfeit demoniac The story of William Sommers; Chapter 7 The puritan martyr The story of Mary Glover.
Summary The first book devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. Offers modernised versions of significant texts on nine cases of demonic possession from the period 1570 to 1650. The modernised texts are placed within the context of an Introduction to demonic possession in England across the period.
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Subject Demoniac possession -- England -- Case studies.
Demoniac possession.
England.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Exorcism -- England -- Case studies.
Exorcism.
Demoniac possession -- England -- History -- 16th century.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Exorcism -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Demoniac possession -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Exorcism -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 1500-1699
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Almond, Philip C.
Other Form: Print version: Demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003064020
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