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The possession of Barbe Hallay : diabolical arts and daily life in early Canada /

"When strange signs appeared in the sky over Québec during the autumn of 1660, people began to worry about evil forces in their midst. They feared that witches and magicians had arrived in the colony, and a teenaged servant named Barbe Hallay started to act as if she were possessed. The commun...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cowan, Mairi, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in early Canada ; 5.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Across the Atlantic
  • The Servant, the Miller, and the Infested Seigneurie
  • Missionary Demonologists
  • A Deliverance from Demons
  • To the Other Shore.