Witchcraft and the Inquisition
Robin Briggs, 18 June 1981
Unclean Spirits: Possession and Exorcism in France and England in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries
by D.P. Walker.
Scolar, 116 pp., £9.95, March 1981,9780859676205 Show More
by D.P. Walker.
Scolar, 116 pp., £9.95, March 1981,
The Witches’ Advocate
by Gustav Henningsen.
Nevada, 607 pp., $24, November 1980,0 87417 056 7 Show More
by Gustav Henningsen.
Nevada, 607 pp., $24, November 1980,
“... properly integrated into the study of European history in general, and it is here that Professor Walker’s book on possession and exorcism is most helpful. This handsomely produced, if expensive version of his 1979 Northcliffe lectures is mostly devoted to quite well-known cases, such as that of Marthe Brossier in France, and the activities of ... ”