The admirable historie of the possession and conversion of a penitent woman. Seduced by a magician that made her to become a witch and the princes of sorcerers in the country of Province, who was brought to S. Baume to be exorcised in the yeere 1610 in the moneth of November

Also known as A discourse of spirits; Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une penitente. English; Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une pénitente

by Sebastien Michaelis & William Badcock

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17th century
Language: English

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Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic, Demonology, angelology, and possession

Subjects: Witchcraft, Exorcism, Demoniac possession, 17th century, Madeleine de Demandolx de la Palud, Domptius, François, Loudun, Louis Gaufridy

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Witchcraft and folk magic
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Demonology, angelology, and possession
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “exorcism”. Retained metadata contains “possession” in the title, “possession” in the alternative title, “Demoniac possession” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
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- “possession”· in title
- “possession”· in alternative title
- “Demoniac possession”· in subject
- “Exorcism”· in subject
- “possession”· in subject

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 54 unnumbered pages, 418 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 154 pages, 34 unnumbered pages ; (4to)	1613	Imprinted [by Felix Kingston?] for William Aspley	English	—	Public digitized item	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)