Martin Delrio - Demonology and Scholarship in the Counter-Reformation

Zusatztext this is a book every student of the religious and intellectual history of Europe should read and read again. It is a consummate work of illumination. Informationen zum Autor Jan Machielsen (DPhil in History, Oxford, 2011) is Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern European History at New College, Oxford. He is the editor, with Clare Copeland, of Angels of Light? Sanctity and the Discernment of Spirits in the Early Modern Period (2013) and the author of a number of articles exploring the intersection of religious and intellectual history. This is his first monograph. Klappentext Martin Delrio, author of Disquisitiones magicae (Investigations into Magic, 1599-1600) probably never persecuted or met a witchcraft suspect, yet his name is a byword for credulity and cruelty. Jan Machielsen recovers the lost world of Delrio's scholarship set in the context of the Catholic Reformation, rather than the straitjacket of demonology. Zusammenfassung Martin Delrio, author of Disquisitiones magicae (Investigations into Magic, 1599-1600) probably never persecuted or met a witchcraft suspect, yet his name is a byword for credulity and cruelty. Jan Machielsen recovers the lost world of Delrio's scholarship set in the context of the Catholic Reformation, rather than the straitjacket of demonology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Section 1: Identities 1: Magistrate 2: Jesuit 3: Friend Section 2: Humanism 4: The Spoils of Egypt 5: Youthful Adversaries 6: A Tale of Two Senecas 7: Divining Words 8: Historical Drama Section 3: Demonology 9: A Web of Demons 10: A Textual Science 11: Trials and Tribulations Section 4: Theology 12: The Virgin and the Word 13: Vehement Vituperation 14: Editing Lives

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• Authors: Ian Machielsen, Jan Machielsen, Jan (Departmental Lecturer in Early Mo Machielsen, Jan (Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern European History Machielsen, Machielsen Jan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9780197265802
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726580-2
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral F
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599