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A History of Exorcism in Catholic ChristianityExorcism in Counter-Reformation Europe

A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity: Exorcism in Counter-Reformation Europe [In the winter of 1604, in the town of Laurac in the south of France, a twenty-one-year-old man was being exorcized to free him from an evil spirit with which he had made a pact in return for wealth. The exorcist, Béringer, assisted by the prayers of a crowd of laypeople in the room, finally achieved a result after many days:] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Exorcism in Catholic ChristianityExorcism in Counter-Reformation Europe

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-29111-6
Pages
99 –130
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-29112-3_4
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[In the winter of 1604, in the town of Laurac in the south of France, a twenty-one-year-old man was being exorcized to free him from an evil spirit with which he had made a pact in return for wealth. The exorcist, Béringer, assisted by the prayers of a crowd of laypeople in the room, finally achieved a result after many days:]

Published: Apr 20, 2016

Keywords: Eighteenth Century; Seventeenth Century; Sixteenth Century; Evil Spirit; Catholic Church

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