Bewitched and bedeviled: a cognitive approach to embodiment in early english possession
Auteur :
Uszkalo, K.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137512246
Date de publication :
1 juil. 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.