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The Scourge of Demons: Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent

The Scourge of Demons: Possession, Lust, and Witchcraft in a Seventeenth-Century Italian Convent

Watt, Jeffrey R.

Paperback

Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe

Religion General General World HistoryItalian History

ISBN10: 1580465641
ISBN13: 9781580465649
Publisher: Univ Of Rochester Pr
Published: Apr 15 2016
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A fascinating examination of alleged demon possession and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century convent in Carpi, Italy.

In 1636, residents at the convent of Santa Chiara in Carpi in northern Italy were struck by an extraordinary illness that provoked bizarre behavior. Eventually numbering fourteen, the afflicted nuns were subject to screaming fits, throwing themselves on the floor, and falling abruptly into a deep sleep. When medical experts' cures proved ineffective, exorcists ministered to the women and concluded that they were possessed by demons and the victims of witchcraft. Catering to women from elite families, the nunnery suffered much turmoil for three years and, remarkably, three of the victims died from their ills. A maverick nun and a former confessor were widely suspected to be responsible, through witchcraft, for these woes.

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