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Possession at Loudun

Michel De Certeau, Michael B. Smith
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      It is August 18, 1634. Father Urbain Grandier, convicted of sorcery that led to the demonic possession of the Ursuline nuns of provincial Loudun in France, confesses his sins on the porch of the church of Saint-Pierre, then perishes in flames lit by his own exorcists. A dramatic tale that has inspired many artistic retellings, including a novel by Aldous Huxley and in incendiary film by Ken Russell, the story of the possession at Loudun here receives a compelling analysis from the renowned Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau. Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with fascinating commentary, de Certeau shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation. In this tour de force of psychological history, de Certeau brings to vivid life a people torn between the decline of centralized religious authority and the rise of science and reason, wracked by violent anxiety over what or whom to believe.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Michel De Certeau, Michael B. Smith EAN: 9780226100357 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 452 g HEIGHT: 231 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-08-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / France, RELIGION / Cults WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      c 1500 onwards to present day, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, European history, Social and cultural history, Satanism and demonology

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      At the time of his death in 1986, Michel de Certeau was a director of studies at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris. Of his many books, The Practice of Everyday Life, The Writing of History, and Heterologies: Discourse on the Other are available in English translation.
      It is August 18, 1634. Father Urbain Grandier, convicted of sorcery that led to the demonic possession of the Ursuline nuns of provincial Loudun in France, confesses his sins on the porch of the church of Saint-Pierre, then perishes in flames lit by his own exorcists. A dramatic tale that has inspired many artistic retellings, including a novel by Aldous Huxley and in incendiary film by Ken Russell, the story of the possession at Loudun here receives a compelling analysis from the renowned Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau. Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with fascinating commentary, de Certeau shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation. In this tour de force of psychological history, de Certeau brings to vivid life a people torn between the decline of centralized religious authority and the rise of science and reason, wracked by violent anxiety over what or whom to believe.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Michel De Certeau, Michael B. Smith EAN: 9780226100357 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 452 g HEIGHT: 231 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-08-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / France, RELIGION / Cults WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      c 1500 onwards to present day, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, European history, Social and cultural history, Satanism and demonology

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      At the time of his death in 1986, Michel de Certeau was a director of studies at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris. Of his many books, The Practice of Everyday Life, The Writing of History, and Heterologies: Discourse on the Other are available in English translation.

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