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The scourge of demons : possession, lust, and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century Italian convent /

In 1636, residents at the convent of Santa Chiara in Carpi in northern Italy were struck by an extraordinary illness that provoked bizarre behavior. Eventually numbering fourteen, the afflicted nuns were subject to screaming fits, throwing themselves on the floor, and falling abruptly into a deep sl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watt, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Rodgers), 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2009.
Colección:Changing perspectives on early modern Europe.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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