Langbeschreibung
List of IllustrationsForeword by Stephen GreenblattTranslator's AcknowledgmentsHistory Is Never Sure1. How a Possession is Born2. The Magic Circle3. The Discourse of Possession4. The Accused: Urbain Grandier5. Politics in Loudun: Laubardemont6. Beginning the Judicial Inquiry7. The Theater of the Possessed8. The Medical Eye9. A Teratology of TruthI. The ImaginationII. The Liar10. The Judgment of the Sorcerer11. The Execution: Legend and History12. After Death, Literature13. The Time of Spirituality: Father Surin14. The Triumph of Jeanne des AngesFigures of the OtherPrimary Sources and BibliographyNotes Index