Discerning spirits: divine and demonic possession in the middle ages
Auteur :
Caciola, Nancy Mandeville
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801473340
Date de publication :
26 juin 2006
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Analyzes a broad array of sources—from saints' lives to medical treatises, exorcists' manuals to miracle accounts—to find that observers came to rely on the discernment of bodies rather than seeking to distinguish between divine and demonic possession in purely spiritual terms.