Covering Western Europe (c.
1240-1450) and drawing upon a rich body of sources, this volume analyses how lay people understood the phenomenon of demonic presence and possession and used it to identify and unravel problems in their lives.
Introduction: Demons in Daily Life: Lived Religion and Devotional Strategies; 1 Reasons for Possession: Perilous People, Hazardous Places; 2 Vulnerable Persons: Corporeality and the Female Life Course; 3 Community Responses to Demonic Presence; 4 Constructing the Sacred: Demons, Priests and Pilgrims; 5 The Interwoven Fabric of the Sacred and the Political; 6 The Need for Control: Demonic Sex and the Feminine; Bibliography
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