Bewitched and Bedeviled
| Author | : K. Uszkalo |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2016-01-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137498229 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137498226 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (226 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Bewitched and Bedeviled by : K. Uszkalo
Download or read book Bewitched and Bedeviled written by K. Uszkalo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.