The Scourge of Demons - Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent

A fascinating examination of alleged demon possession and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century convent in Carpi, Italy.

List of contents

Nuns, Witchcraft, and the Inquisition
Female Religious, Claustration, and Santa Chiara of Carpi
The Outbreak and Maleficia
The Confessor and Love Magic
The Exorcists and the Demons
Sisters Dealta and Ippolita under Attack
Bellacappa's Defense
The Waning of the Possessions

About the author

JEFFREY R. WATT is the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Professor of History at the University of Mississippi.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey R Watt, Jeffrey R. Watt
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2016
• EAN: 9781580465649
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-564-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: Changing Perspectives on Early
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity