The Possession at Loudun by Michael B. Smith, Michel de Certeau, Stephen Greenblatt

The Possession at Loudun

Michael B. Smith, Michel de Certeau, Stephen Greenblatt

266 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction history religion sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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It is August 18, 1634. Father Urbain Grandier, convicted of sorcery that led to the demonic possession of the Ursuline nuns of provincial Loudun in France, confesses his sins on the porch of the church of Saint-Pierre, then perishes in flames lit ...

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