A case of witchcraft : the trial of Urbain Grandier /

"As a Catholic priest, Urbain Grandier was an influential figure in the Loudun community and local government. A brilliant speaker, he was popular with his parishioners. But he had enemies, including Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII, who were trying to wrest political autonomy from local gover...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rapley, Robert, 1926-2022
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1998.
Temas:
Grandier, Urbain, > 1590-1634 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Grandier, Urbain, > 1590-1634 > Procès, instances, etc.
Grandier, Urbain, > 1590-1634
1600-1699
Demoniac possession > France > Loudun > History > 17th century.
Trials (Witchcraft) > France > Loudun.
Possession diabolique > France > Loudun > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Procès (Sorcellerie) > France > Loudun.
RELIGION > Cults.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Demoniac possession
Trials (Witchcraft)
France > Loudun
Electronic books.
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Twelve Good Years
  • Disaster
  • Grandier and His Bishop
  • Destruction and Plague
  • Possession
  • Grandier the Accused
  • Bishop versus Archbishop
  • Arrest
  • Appeal of Innocence
  • The Exorcisms
  • The Trial
  • Torture and Death
  • Epilogue
  • APPENDICES
  • 1 Grandier through the Ages
  • 2 Blood Is Thicker than Water
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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