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Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe
Copyright
Preface
Contents
1: Introduction: Demons in Daily Life—Lived Religion and Devotional Strategies
Demons on the Desktop: Medieval Contexts and Modern Scholars
Demons in Inquisitorial Logic: Canonization Processes and Delivery Miracles
Structure of the Volume
2: Reasons for Possession: Perilous People, Hazardous Places
Someone to Blame?
Dangerous Food, Risky Beverages
Dangers of the Wilderness
Conclusions
3: Vulnerable Persons: Corporeality and the Female Life Course
Diabolical Virgins
Wedding Troubles: The Bride That Hopped Over the Table and Disappeared
Porous Bodies
Conclusions
4: Community Responses to Demonic Presence
Amens Seu Demoniata: The Difficulty of Diagnosis
Earthly Medicine for Other-Worldly Afflictions
Anger, Fear, Disgust: Emotional Responses
Marginalization and Integration
Conclusions
5: Constructing the Sacred: Demons, Priests, and Pilgrims
Speaking the Devil: Speaking the Saint
A Named Thing Is a Tamed Thing?
Rituals at the Shrine
Signs of Delivery
Conclusions
6: The Interwoven Fabric of the Sacred and the Political
Defining the Boundaries of a Cultic Community
Constructing Authority: The Case of Birgitta of Sweden
Conclusions
7: The Need for Control: Demonic Sex and the Feminine
Dance, Demons, and Proper Ritual Practice
Involuntary Sex Acts and the Construction of Sanctity
‘Come, Devil, Come, and Enter My Body’
Conclusions
8: Conclusions: Demonic Devices: Lived Religion as a Methodology
Bibliography
Manuscripts
Printed Sources
Literature
Index