The History of the Devils of Loudun
Ursuline Possession, the Urbain Grandier Trial, and Religious Persecution in Seventeenth-Century FranceBy Anonymous
Length3h 14m
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*The History of the Devils of Loudun* recounts the notorious seventeenth-century possession case in which Ursuline nuns at Loudun claimed demonic torment and accused the parish priest Urbain Grandier of witchcraft. It follows the investigations, exorcisms, ecclesiastical proceedings, and eventual execution that transformed a local controversy into a national spectacle. Combining chronicle, testimony, religious interpretation, and sensational narrative, the work belongs to the literature of early modern demonology and confessional polemic. Its value lies not only in its dramatic subject but also in the way it reveals how spiritual fears, institutional authority, sexual anxiety, and political rivalry could converge within a culture seeking supernatural explanations for disorder. The author's anonymity is itself historically suggestive. Rather than offering a modern psychological analysis, the narrator writes from within the intellectual world that made possession, diabolic agency, and providential judgment credible categories of explanation. The account reflects the period's fascination with documenting extraordinary events while also preserving the tensions between credulity, skepticism, clerical power, and state intervention. Whether composed as reportage, apologetic history, or polemical testimony, it records the mechanisms by which belief became evidence. This book is recommended to readers interested in witchcraft studies, religious history, early modern law, and the cultural history of madness. It will especially reward those who read sensational narrative critically, attending to how language and authority construct "truth" in moments of collective fear.
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GenreHistory
Length3 hrs 14 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Moslem and Frank (Annotated)
5PART III.
2Introduction.
6APPENDIX I.
3PART I
7APPENDIX II.
4PART II.
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