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Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages - Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past Nancy Mandeville Caciola New edition
Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages - Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past
Nancy Mandeville Caciola
Analyzes a broad array of sources—from saints' lives to medical treatises, exorcists' manuals to miracle accounts—to find that observers came to rely on the discernment of bodies rather than seeking to distinguish between divine and demonic possession in purely spiritual terms.
352 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 26, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780801473340 |
| Publishers | Cornell University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 21 mm · 512 g |
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